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DID YOU KNOW?
Fast facts about pregnancy, adoption and abortion
Pregnancy
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At 18 days after conception, the (baby's) heart is forming, and the eyes start to develop. By 21 days, the heart is pumping blood throughout the body.
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Adoption
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There are 16 adoptions for every 1,000 nonmarital live births.
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An estimated 10 million couples would attempt to adopt a child domestically if they felt they had a realistic opportunity to do so.
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48% families considering adoption turn to their houses of worship for support and information.
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Abortion
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"The 3,733 abortions occurring every day in America are ... more than all the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center." Randy Alcorn in Why Pro-Life?
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Half of unplanned pregnancies in America end in abortion; 24% of all pregnancies (excluding miscarriage) end in abortion.
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84% women who have had an abortion say they would have kept their babies under different circumstances.
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An overwhelming number of teens find abortion abhorrent ... maybe it's because millions of other teens who would have been their friends and peers never made it out of the womb.
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