- Abortion
is legal in the U.S. throughout all nine months of a pregnancy.
- Over 44,000,000 abortions have occurred in the U.S. since Roe
v. Wade in 1973.
- 1/3 of all pregnancies in the U.S. end in an abortion.
- 95% percent of abortions are performed as a means of birth control.
- 700,000 abortions are performed each year in the U.S. after
nine weeks into the pregnancy.
- Approximately day 18 in the womb, the child's heart begins to
beat.
- Approximately day 42 in the womb, significant brain waves are
recorded.
- Approximately week 24 in the womb, 56% of babies survive premature
birth.
- Day 1 in the womb, the DNA code is encoded.