Quick Facts
- Heart begins to beat around 22 days from conception
- There have been more than 50 million abortions since 1973.
- Women have cited 'social reasons' , not mother's health or rape/incest as their motivation in approximately 93% of all abortions.
- A June 1999 Wirthlin poll found that 62% of Americans support legal abortion in only three or fewer circumstances: when the pregnancy results from rape or incest or when it threatens the life of the mother.