ABORTIONS DECREASE IN GENESEE COUNTY
FOR THE 5TH YEAR IN A ROW
www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/abortion/Intro.asp
The following is a summary of the abortion statistics for the last reporting period - 2007:
- There were 24,683 abortions in Michigan - a 3.7% decrease, and 677
of the abortions performed were on non-resident women.
- In 2007, 52% of the resident women receiving abortions had no
previous induced abortions. From 1985 to 2007, woman reporting that
they had previous abortions increased from 14.6% to 22.5%.
- The majority of Michigan residents receiving induced abortions
(51.1%) were performed on woman under 25 years of age (college woman),
and 18.5% were performed on women less than 20 years old - a slight
increase from 2006;
- 88.2% of the woman who obtained an abortion were not married - an
increase from 2006;
- Ultrasound was the most common method used to confirm a pregnancy
(87.2%); and
- African American women accounted for 41.9% of the abortions - another significant increase from the last reporting period.
Welcome to Flint Area Right to Life
and Genesee County Black Americans for
Life. You are
visiting the website of one of the busiest pro-life organizations in the
Nation.
We are located in Genesee County, Michigan which ranks fifth in our state for abortions. Our organization was formed in 1974, the year after the United States Supreme Court in the Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs Bolton cases legalized abortion in America for all nine months of a pregnancy. Those rulings have resulted in the loss of 50 million American citizens from abortion - 14 million of those aborted unborn children were African Americans.
Our organization works hard to share the message of life by offering alternatives to men and women contemplating abortion such as the loving option of adoption.
According to the Michigan Department of Community Health, abortions in our community have declined continuously for the past five years. We attribute that decline to all of the billboards we have put up, the pro-life radio ads running in our community and the numerous outreach activities that we do in our schools, churches and at civic events.
Please contact us to see how you can be a part of the
pro-life ministry in our area.
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