Minnesota Department of Health 2008 Abortion Report.

By Paul Swonger.

The Minnesota department of Health has released it's annual report on abortion. To download this report in PDF format, click the link provided at the end of this document.

Reading this report is something anyone that cares about human life should do. Over twelve thousand lives in Minnesota were lost due to abortion in 2008. What's always astonishing to me---every time I read these reports is how casually people treat the sanctity of life. An overwhelming majority of these pregnancies are a direct result of forsaking traditional family values; that is one man, one woman, united in marriage. Let's look at the statistics and see what we can learn.

1. Between January and December 2008 there were 12,948 reported abortions performed in Minnesota.


2. The month with the most abortions was February, with 1,16 abortions performed.
   
   
3. Of the 12,948 abortions in Minnesota during 2008, one was performed by a doctor specializing in "emergency medicine" (meaning emergency room). Four abortions were done in ambulatory surgery during 2008.


4. The most abortions; 4,308, occurred with women 20-24 years of age. The second largest age group of women was 3,304 for women 25-29 years of age. Women between 30 and 39 years of age accounted for less then the previous two groups combined with 2965 abortions.


5. 645 abortions occurred with females 17 years of age or under.


6. The marital status of those receiving abortions is an overwhelming indication, with the majority of abortions occurring in unmarried women, at 10,717 occurrences. 328 women did not report their marital status.


7. Ramsey county reported 2,031 abortions, coming in second only to Hennepin county at 4,379.


8. In Minnesota, more white women have abortions than any other race at 8,000 in 2008. This number is followed by those identifying as "black" with 2,966.


9. High school dropouts accounted for 1,516 abortions in Minnesota during 2008.


10. Those at college graduate level accounted for 621 abortions during 2008 in Minnesota.


11. The most common gestational age for abortions was under nine weeks at 8,527. In the report, the more kids the women have, the less abortions in their group.


12. Most abortions occurred in women that had not been pregnant before (therefore in women that had no other children) with 5,399 abortions in this group.


13. The number of women during 2008 reporting one previous abortion was 3,114. Women reporting two previous abortions was 1,238.


14. During the 2008 report, 449 women having abortions in Minnesota reported to having four or more abortions in the past.


15. The overwhelming majority of women receiving abortions in Minnesota during 2008 said that they used contraception, but not at the time of conception at 8,231 women. The majority of these women, 1,949, said they used condoms as their birth control method.


16. Of the 12,948 fetuses killed in Minnesota during 2008, only 26 of them received a burial. The rest were cremated.


17. The government, cited as "Public Assistance" in the report, paid for the at least 3,864 of the abortions in Minnesota during 2008.


18. The majority of women who received abortions in Minnesota during 2008, cited the reason for their abortion as "they don't want children at this time".


19. Twelve of the abortions were because the pregnancy was a result of incest, and 6 women claimed the pregnancy was due to rape.


20. 941 women cited their reasoning as being "a single parent".


21. 270 women reported their reason as being "relationship issues, including abuse, separation, and extra marital affairs".


22. 691 women reported their reason as wanting to finish "education goals" such as high school or college.


23. 22 medical complications occurred as the result of abortions during 2008 in Minnesota during the procedure itself.


24. 65 times the abortions were unsuccessful requiring the procedure to be repeated.


25. Total state funds used to pay for out of state abortion procedures, including incidental expenses amounted to $32,550.54


26. Female patients with access to printed materials, referred to commonly as "informed consent" numbered at just 234. At least seven of these women did not go through with the abortion. 12,072 women did not have access to these materials.

Download the report:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/abrpt/2008abrpt.pdf

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