What do you think would happen if Roe v. Wade were overturned today, and States allowed to decide on whether or not to legalize abortion?
Before Roe v. Wade, there were an average of 98,000 illegal abortiong performed in the US yearly, look at the chart below and see the impact of the Federal government on abortion via Roe v. Wade:
AGI: Alan Guttmacher Institute Statistics (click here
for details and documentation)
CDC: Center for Disease Control Statistics (click here for details and documentation)
| Year | AGI |
CDC |
|
1973 |
744,600 |
|
|
1974 |
898,600 |
763,476 |
|
1975 |
1,034,200 |
854,853 |
|
1976 |
1,179,300 |
988,267 |
|
1977 |
1,316,700 |
1,079,430 |
|
1978 |
1,409,600 |
1,157,776 |
|
1979 |
1,497,700 |
1,251,921 |
|
1980 |
1,553,900 |
1,297,606 |
|
1981 |
1,577,300 |
1,300,760 |
|
1982 |
1,573,900 |
1,303,980 |
|
1983 |
1,575,000 |
1,268,987 |
|
1984 |
1,577,200 |
1,333,521 |
|
1985 |
1,588,600 |
1,328,570 |
|
1986 |
1,574,000 |
1,328,112 |
|
1987 |
1,559,100 |
1,353,671 |
|
1988 |
1,590,800 |
1,371,285 |
|
1989 |
1,566,900 |
1,396,658 |
|
1990 |
1,608,600 |
1,429,577 |
|
1991 |
1,556,500 |
1,388,937 |
|
1992 |
1,528,900 |
1,359,145 |
|
1993 |
1,500,000 |
1,330,414 |
|
1994 |
1,431,000 |
1,267,415 |
|
1995 |
1,363,690 |
1,210,883 |
|
1996 |
1,365,730 |
1,221,585 |
|
1997 |
1,328,000 |
1,186,039 |
|
1998 |
* 1,328,000 |
§ 884,273 |
|
1999 |
* 1,328,000 |
§ 861,789 |
|
2000 |
1,313,300 |
861,789 |
|
2001 |
* 1,313,300 | § 861,789 |
|
2002 |
* 1,313,300 | § 861,789 |