Worldwide Abortion Statistics

May 16, 2007

I did a search this afternoon on abortion statistics around the world. Granted, these figures are from 1987 (Come on, people! Where are more recent figures?), but they speak to the incredible amount of people that have been affected by abortion. Keep in mind these stats* are for one year only.

According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, approximately 22 million legal abortions were reported in 1987.

It is estimated that between four and nine million were not reported, for a possible total of 26-31 million legal abortions.

Add to that an estimated 10 to 22 million "clandestine" abortions, and the total worldwide figure is between 36 and 53 million abortions.

China reports the highest number of abortions, with 10,394,500 abortions reported in 1987.

Women in the former Soviet Union have a high rate of abortion, 181 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 in 1987, or roughly 60 percent of all pregnancies ending in abortion.

The average Russian woman has three to eight abortions in her lifetime. The rate of abortion in Russia is four times higher than that of the U.S.

Since the fall of Communism in Romania, 78 percent of all pregnancies are aborted.

There is a worldwide trend toward liberalizing abortion laws.
*Source: Baptists For Life

So many lives lost.... So many lives devastated by abortion.

Yes, we have our work cut out for us -- in the U.S. and around the world!

Give us wisdom, Father God! Show us how to be Christ to the world...for Your glory and on behalf of Your people. And break our hearts, Father, with the things that break Your heart.

In Jesus' Name,
Amen.

Posted by mary at May 16, 2007 06:00 AM