Abortion Currently, an estimated 1,365,000 million women receive abortions in America annually. ... About 43% of American women will have one, or occasionally more, abortion during their lifetime. ... They turn our attention towards the rapidly growing population of the world. According to some statistics, there have been over 40 million abortions since abortions have been legalized in the United States. ... If abortion is illegalized and mothers are forced to have their babies, this would increase the population of the United States and add to the population of the world as well----. ...

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The United States" teenage birthrate exceeds that of most other industrialized nations, even though American teenagers are no more sexually active than teenagers in Canada or Europe (Gormly, 1997). Recent statistics concerning the teen birthrates are alarming. ... African-American and Hispanic teenagers are twice as likely to give birth as are white teenagers. ... Americans, however seem to be against some of the methods used by these various organizations to reduce the teen pregnancy rates. ... Most Americans believe that giving teenagers birth control pills and/or condoms is the same a...

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"Teen Mom " and "The Secret Life of the American Teenager " are examples of common TV shows focusing on teen pregnancy, typically watched by viewers from age 12 to 34. ... The graph illustrates that the rate of teen pregnancies amongst Hispanic and African American teen girls ages 15-19 are double the rate of non-Hispanic white teenagers. ... Statistics show that 40 percent of girls who had intercourse at age 13 or 14 had done so involuntarily or with an older partner unwillingly (Domenico & Jones 6). ... Only 28 percent of the abused girls used birth control the first time they engaged i...

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The average American thinks that abortions are only done during the first three months and that the unborn child does not feel pain. ... Statistics show that abortions done for all of these reasons combined only add up to less than one percent of all abortions. ...

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Other statistics also show that the abortion rate after pregnancy is high, According to the National Post "The ratio for teens aged 15-19 is even more shocking. ... It is now said that "only 24% of Americans had a single social-media profile in 2008, 56% of Americans do now.... The book also states that "Half of the population of the Earth – that's right 50% of all humans living on the planet – is under 30 years old" (Qualman, 2009) and "For the first time ever, social media has overtaken pornography as the number one destination and overall activity ...

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