Rover 42256 wrote:
I don't know what number of women get abortions for health reasons, so I won't comment on that.
The state of Florida records a reason for every abortion that occurs within its borders each year. In 2015, there were 71,740 abortions in Florida. This table lists each reason and the percentage of abortions that occurred because of it.
.001% The pregnancy resulted from an incestuous relationship
.065% The woman's life was endangered by the pregnancy
.085% The woman was raped
.288% The woman's physical health was threatened by the pregnancy
.294% The woman's psychological health was threatened by the pregnancy
.666% There was a serious fetal abnormality
6.268% The woman aborted for social or economic reasons
92.330% No reason (elective)
Note, over 92% were preference driven. Over 98% were healthy pregnancies.
According to CDC Surveillance numbers, the abortion rate for 2013 was 12.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 years, and the abortion ratio was 200 abortions per 1,000 live births. That is 1/5 of all viable pregnancies being terminated by abortion.
In 2014, the highest number of reported abortions occurred in California (157,350), New York (119,940) and Florida (75,990), more than 350,000 in those 3 States alone. The fewest occurred in Wyoming (120), South Dakota (550) and North Dakota (1,260) (AGI).