- 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.