By the Numbers: Abortion in America - Bill Moyers
Americans hold a variety of opinions about abortion, but we should all rely on the same facts. Here are some numbers that can offer a snapshot of abortion in the United States. Unless otherwise indicated, these statistics are from the Guttmacher Institute, whose research is cited by both advocates and opponents of legal abortion.
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51 percentOf all pregnancies in America in 2008 were unintended, according to a study published this year in the American Journal of Public Health.
40 percent
Of those pregnancies ended in an abortion.
1 in 3Women will get an abortion in her lifetime, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
51 percent
Of women who get an abortion had used contraceptives in the month that they got pregnant.
18 percent
Of women who have abortions are teenagers.