A: Why women have abortions? (Worldwide Abortion Stats)
1% of all abortions take place because of rape or incest
6% of abortions happen because of potential health problems regarding the mother or child
93% of all abortions occur due to social reasons (i.e. a child is unwanted or inconvenient)
B: More than half of abortions are obtained by women under 25 years of age. In fact, 35 percent of pregnant teenagers have an abortion, according to the National Abortion Federation. The Guttmacher Institute reports that in 2006, there were 200,420 abortions among teenagers, and the majority of these teenagers are ages 15 to 19 years.
C: Thailand is the second, at 120,000 unplanned teen pregnancies and 200,000 unwanted babies in all annually. In addition, 400,000 women undergo illegal abortions every year.