Abortion Statistics

In Louisiana

Abortion Statistics in Louisiana come from the Department of Health and Hospitals. Due to Katrina, the numbers are on a three year delay. These numbers, however, do not take into account the number of women who traveled outside of Louisiana for abortions or out of state women who came in to Louisiana for abortion.

• 11,224 children died from abortion in Louisiana in 2004.
• This means 31 babies are killed in Louisiana by abortion everyday.
• The Louisiana abortion rate is 1% of the national total.

In United States & World

National statistics on abortion come from either the Center for Disease Control or the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood. For a detailed discussion and the difference between the two, visit NRLC.

• The AGI reported 1.3 million abortions in 2003. This number is a drop from the all time high of 1.6 million in 1990.
• Everyday, 4,000 children die to abortion in the United States.
• One baby dies every 24 secons in the United States.
• Over 48 million abortions have occured in the U.S. since Roe v Wade in 1973.

AGI reports that about 50 million lives are lost to abortion every year in the world.