An abortion is a simple outpatient procedure (for most), it is safe and effective. Every woman has the right to determine the outcome of her pregnancy and we are here to help financially, to ensure accessibility to .
·About half of American women have experienced an unintended pregnancy, and at current rates about one-third will have had an abortion by age 45.
· Twenty-two percent of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) end in abortion.
· Fifty-four percent of women who have abortions had used a contraceptive method (usually the condom or the pill) during the month they became pregnant.
Among those women, 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users report having used their method inconsistently, while 13% of pill users and 14% of condom users report correct use.
· In September 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone to be marketed in the United States as an alternative to surgical abortion.
· The risk of abortion complications is minimal: Fewer than 0.3% of abortion patients experience a complication that requires hospitalization.
· Abortions performed in the first trimester pose virtually no long-term risk of such problems as infertility, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) or birth defect, and little or no risk of preterm or low-birth-weight deliveries.
http://www.guttmacher.org/media/presskits/2008/01/12/abortionoverview.html