40 MILLION ABORTIONS SINCE 1973
4,000 each day
Although there are no reported statistics on how many illegal abortions took place each year prior to 1973, we do know that from 1950 – 1960, about 250 women died each year from illegal abortions. From 1960-1970, an average of 120 women died from these illegal procedures each year. The number of women dying from abortions declined steadily from 1960 to 1974 and flattened out beyond that point.