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100

Which country has the highest abortion rate?

United States

100
Roe v. Wade
Which Supreme Court case legalized abortion?
100
Women in their twenties
What age group of women accounts for about half of all abortions?
100
Birth control pill
What is the most common kind of contraceptive?
100
1820s
In what year did various anti-abortion statutes begin to appear in the United States?
200

How many unintended pregnancies are terminated by abortion?

4 out of 10

200
The Fourteenth Amendment
Which amendment was used in the Supreme Court case to legalize abortion?
200
46%
What percent of abortion providers offer very early abortions?(within one week of signs of pregnancy)
200
Birth control implant
What is the least common kind of contraceptive?
200
Colorado
What was the first state that decriminalize abortion in cases of abnormal situations for women?
300

What percent of abortions are accounted for by unmarried women?

85%

300
2011
In which recent year did state restrictions on abortion increase across the United States?
300
95%
What percent of abortion providers offer abortions after 8 weeks of signs of pregnancy?
300
1916
When was the first birth control clinic opened?
300
Hawaii
In the 1970s, which state became the first state to legalize abortions on request of the woman?
400
1970s (1973-1979)
In what decade did the number of legal induced abortions double?
400
A United States law prohibiting a form of late-term abortion enacted in 2003.
What is the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act?
400
On average, around $490
What is the typical cost of an abortion?
400
1974s
The contraceptives were allowed to be purchase by unmarried minors until when?
400
1880's
When was abortion first banned?
500
39
How many states enforce parental consent or notification laws for minors seeking abortion?
500
Decrease in risk of death, improved medical technology, and earlier termination of pregnancy.
What were some effects of the legalization of abortion?
500
Aspiration abortion
What is the most common kind of in-clinic abortion?
500
1960s
When did birth control pills appear on markets?
500
A photo of a woman who died trying to obtain an illegal abortion.
What was the symbol of the pro-choice movement in the 1960's?
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