We recognize the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision whether to bear or beget a child. That right necessarily includes the right of a woman to decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy . . ."

— United States Supreme Court, January 22, 1973

• Each year, over one million women choose abortion.
• College-age women account for nearly one-third of all abortions.
• More than half of all abortions are performed on women 25 years or younger.
• Two-thirds of women who have abortions have never been married.
• Less than one percent of abortions are for cases of rape. (Source: Alan Guttmacher Institute, "Facts in Brief: Induced Abortion," 2002)

• Can't afford the baby right now
• Not ready for the responsibility of parenthood
• Concern about how a baby would change their lives
• Problems with relationship/desire to avoid single parenthood
• Too young, or not mature enough to have a child
  (Source: “Why Do Women Have Abortions?” Family Planning Perspectives, July/August 1988.)

by Sanctity of Human Life Dept.