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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Here's the thing - I did a research paper on this in 2001. The numbers could have changed some by now (I kinda doubt it), but statistically 97% of abortions are performed as post-conception birth control, 2% rape/incest, and 1% heath reason (mother or child) - and I had several sources on those statistics. It wasn't one pro-life periodical that I got that from. At the time I did the research, it was estimated that 1/3 of all pregnancies were ending in abortion. Seemed high to me, but again, several sources.
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Numbers lie, particularly in the case of the rape/incest. That has to be something that is reported/recorded to medical officials and most often (even in the case of non pregnancies) they are not reported. It wasn't until I was older (actually after I became Greek) that I was able to get a scope of how often rape/incest occur and go unreported.