Statistics
Church Teaching
100
About how much does it cost to get an abortion at an abortion clinic?
$350. It can cost around $500 at a physician's office.
100
True or False: Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion.
True
200
What percent of American women have been pregnant at least once by the time they turn 20?
40%
200
True or False: The Church's teaching about abortion is being discussed currently and is probably going to change.
False: The Church's teaching about abortion has not changed and remains unchangeable.
300
Of teenage women who become pregnant, what percent choose to have an abortion rather than bear the child?
35%
300
True or False: The Church punishes someone who has gotten an abortion with excommunication.
True: 2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life.
400
What percent of minors' parents (one or both) know about their daughters' abortions?
61%
400
True or False: The Bible teaches that human life is different from other types of life, because human beings are made in the very image of God.
True
500
What percent/how many unplanned pregnancies are ended by abortion?
50%, which is about 1.3 million
500
True or False: The Bible does not clearly teach that abortion is wrong.
False: The Bible clearly teaches that abortion is wrong. This teaching comes across in many ways and for many reasons. Some people point out that the word "abortion" is not in the Bible, and that is true. Nevertheless, the teaching about abortion is there.
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