Current United States Data

• Total number of abortions in the U.S. 1973-2020: 63.6 million +
• 198 abortions per 1,000 live births (according to the Centers for Disease Control)
• Abortions per 100 pregnancies: 20.3 (Guttmacher Institute)
• U.S. abortions in 2020: ~930,160 (GI)
• Abortions per day: ~2,548 (GI)
• Abortions per hour: ~106 (GI)
• 1 abortion every 34 seconds (GI)
• 14.4 abortions/1,000 women aged 15-44 in 2020 (GI)
• 20.6% of pregnancies in 2020 ended in abortion, compared to 18.4% in 2017 (GI)
• Pill abortions account for 53% of all U.S abortions in 2020 (GI)

These statistics include only surgical and pill abortions. Because many contraceptive measures are abortifacients (drugs that induce or cause abortions), it is important not to overlook the number of children killed by chemical abortions. Since 1965, an average of 11 million women have used abortifacient methods of birth control in the United States at any given time. Using formulas based on the way the birth control pill works, pharmacy experts project that about 14 million chemical abortions occur in the United States each year, providing a projected total well in excess of 610 million chemical abortions between 1965 and 2009.

When conducting research on abortion statistics, you may also encounter two different sets of numbers. One set is from the Centers for Disease Control, and the other is from the Guttmacher Institute—the “independent research arm” of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

The Guttmacher Institute totals are actually the more accurate since the Institute conducts private research on abortion providers throughout the country and because not all states are required to report to the CDC. In fact, California and New York—where high numbers of abortions occur—are not included in CDC figures.

Planned Parenthood’s income breakdown for the 2020-2021 fiscal year

• PP non-government clinic income: $353.9 million 
• PP donations revenue: $579.3 million ($1.59 million/day)
• PP government grants and reimbursements: $633.4 million ($1.74 million/day)
• Total profit: $133.7 million
• Total income: $1.714 billion

2020-2021 Planned Parenthood service numbers

• Number of abortions (medical and surgical): 383,460
• Total number of abortions per week: 7,374
• Total number of abortions per day: 1,053
• Total number of abortions per second: 82 (1min, 22 sec)
• Adoption referrals: 1,940
• Ratio of adoption referrals to abortions: 1 per 198

Non-Hispanic Black Abortions by PP

According to the CDC 38% of abortions are done on non-Hispanic Black mothers. Using this data:

• Per year estimate: 134,850
• Per day estimate: 369
• Per hour estimate: 15

2021 PP Annual Survey

• Total PP facilities: 567
• Total PP facilities that perform surgical and medical abortions: 391
• Total affiliates: 49

Helpful information

• Highest number of PP facilities: 938 in 1995

U.S. total females, Age 15-44

(according to 2020 U.S. census)

• White: 72.9% (47,029,969)
• Black: 15.1% (9,748,829)
• Other: 8.8% (5,683,408)

TOTAL: 64,543,832

U.S. women who obtained abortions in 2018

(according to Centers for Disease Control)

• White: 38.7%; 6.3 abortions per 1000 women; 110 abortions per live births
• Black: 33.6%; 21.2 abortions per 1000 women; 335 abortions per live births
• Hispanic: 20%; 10.9 abortions per 1000 women; 158 abortions per live births
• Other: 7.7%; 11.9 abortions per 1000 women; 213 abortions per live births

U.S. women fertility rates per 1 woman

(according to the National Center for Health Statistics)

• 1990: White: 1.85     Black: 2.55     Hispanic: 2.96
• 2010: White: 1.79     Black: 1.97     Hispanic: 2.35
• 2018: White: 1.64     Black: 1.79     Hispanic: 1.96