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Many Americans don't understand basic facts about abortion...the word is too explosive and often causes people to recoil. So what do you know about abortion?

1. Since legalization in 1973, abortion has terminated approximately ___ lives of pre-born babies.

a. 31.4 million

b. 62.9 million

c. 7.5 million

d. 23.7 million

2. Most abortion facilities are located in ___.

a. Hospitals

b. Medical Facilities

c. Minority Neighborhoods

d. Strip Malls

3. Women between the ages of ___ have the most abortions.

a. 15-18

b. 20-24

c. 28-32

d. 12-14

4. Abortion is legal through ___ months of pregnancy.

a. 9 months

b. 3 months

c. 6 months

d. 5 months

5. After a pre-natal diagnosis of Down Syndrome, ___ are aborted.

a. 12%

b. 92%

c. 25%

d. 30%

6. What percent of women say they felt pressured into their abortion?

a. 20%

b. 42%

c. 14%

d. 74%

7. Black women are ___ times more likely than white women to undergo an abortion.

a. 5

b. 2

c. 4

d. 3

8. How many women choose abortion because they think a baby would interfere with their education, career, and/or family?

a. 62%

b. 74%

c. 55%

d. 13%

9. Low-income women undergo ___ of abortions.

a. 50%

b. 65%

c. 75%

d. 59%

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So What Do You Know? | 1 "Number of Abortions - Abortion Counters." Number of Abortions in US & Worldwide. Web. | 2 “Facts About Abortion, Protecting Black Life, Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the country, targets African Americans by locating 62% (approx. 2 out of every 3) of their abortion facilities in black communities.” Life Issues Connector, October 2012. Web. Brown, Judie. “Abortion and Racism in America.” June 28, 2013. Web. | 3 “Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients in 2014 and Changes Since 2008.” Guttmacher Institute. Web. | 4 “Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).” Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). Web. | 5 Mansfield C, Hopfer S, Marteau TM. “Termination rates after prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, spina bifida, anencephaly and Turner and Klinefelter syndromes: a systematic literature review. European Concerted Action: DADA (Decision-making After the Diagnosis of a fetal Abnormality)” Prenatal Diagnosis. 1999 Sep;19(9):808-12. Review. Web.| 6 Coleman, Priscilla K. “113 Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume 22 Number 4 Winter 2017 Women Who Suffered Emotionally from Abortion: A Qualitative Synthesis of Their Experiences.” Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, vol. 22, no. 4, 2017, p. 115., www. jpands.org/. | 7 “Abortion and Women of Color: The Bigger Picture,” Guttmacher Institute, 2008, https://www.guttmacher. org/gpr/2008/08/abortion-and-women-color-bigger-picture. | 8 “Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives,” Guttmacher Institute, 2005, https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/pubs/psrh/full/3711005.pdf. | 9 “Induced Abortion in the United States,” Guttmacher Institute, 2019, https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states.

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