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1) Abortion Rates are the same around the world whether abortion is legal or is prohibited.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21255186/ns/health-womens_health/t/abortion-rates-same-whether-legal-or-not/#.WY0zwmVeBsM

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2) According to the latest data from the Pew Research Center on abortion in America.   As of 2017, public support for legal abortion remains as high as it has been in two decades of polling. Currently, 57% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 40% say it should be illegal in all or most cases.

http://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/# 

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3) Anti-Abortion laws do not reduce abortion.  Birth control does. 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/05/11/abortion_rates_are_constant_in_developing_countries_while_developed_ones.html

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4) New Study Shows Obamacare has had a direct impact on lowering abortion rates.

https://thinkprogress.org/new-study-confirms-obamacares-birth-control-mandate-will-reduce-abortion-rate-1f60fb68a174/

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5) The vast majority (91.6%) of abortions are performed in the first trimester.

https://www.thoughtco.com/abortion-facts-and-statistics-3534189

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6)  Almost half of the women you obtain abortions live under the federal poverty line.

https://www.thoughtco.com/abortion-facts-and-statistics-3534189