In the United States

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In the United States

• about half of all pregnancies are unintended, and
  about half of unintended pregnancies are
  terminated by abortion.

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Worldwide

• almost two in five women who become pregnant have
  either an abortion or an unplanned birth.

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In the United States

• Teenage pregnancy, birth and abortion rates have
  been declining for a decade.

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• The United States continues to have a
  substantially higher teenage pregnancy rate than
  most other developed countriesnearly twice the
  rate in Australia or Canada and more than four
  times the rate in France.

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• Each year, women have an estimated 46 million
  abortions worldwide.

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Of all abortions worldwide

• 20 million are clandestine abortions and are
  generally unsafe.

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• More than three-quarters of all abortions occur
  in developing countries.

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• On the basis of current abortion rates, one in
  three American women will have had an abortion by
  age 45.

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• Six in 10 U.S. women having abortions are already
  mothers. More than half intend to have (more)
  children in the future.

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• Nearly eight in 10 U.S. women obtaining an
  abortion report a religious affiliation