Abortion Rates By State

AL AK AZ 500 AR CA CO CT 400 DE DC FL GA 300 HI ID IL IN JA KS KY LA 200 ME 100 MD MI MA MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NY NM NC ND 50,000 - ALIFOR OK OH OR PA RI IDA F ORGIA FLORID SD TN SC GEORG LINO TX UT CALIF VA VT 100.000 : WA CALIFOP A FLO WV WI WY ORNIA OIS FLORI MICHIG ORIDA 150,000 - CALIF DA: STATE-BY-STATE ABORTION RATES EW JER NEW YO ALIFOR ORNIA STATE THAT VOTED STATE THAT VOTED DEMOCRATIC IN LAST ELECTION OHIO 0 OH Congress is trying to wrap up health-care reform this week. One of the major issues in the bill has been whether it would provide government funding for abortions, YORK REPUBLICAN IN LAST ELECTION 200,000 NIA • CA NEWY which-as with TEXAS the abortion issue has resulted a5 with anything to do with CALIF NEW YO in much vitriol. In thinking about VIRGI KAS T the debate, it's good to have a grasp on the scope of the issue. This is a graphic of the abortion CALIFOR 250,000 - ORK • NE rates around the country. NUMBER OF ABORTIONS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS NEW TOTAL NUMBER OF ABORTIONS SOURCE CDC; the Guttmacher Institute NOTE: Abortion numbers for all states but California from 2006. California numbers are from the Guttmacher Institute and are from 2005. A collaboration between GOOD and Design Language ORNIA NIA • CA ANIA C ADA FL FORNIA ANIA C SIOND MASSA TATE NA NAME AME ST TATE NA STATE STATE N ENAME NAME, AME ST RSEY STATE AME S STATE N E NAME CAROLI SRK - NE NORTH E STAT STATE AME •S AE STAT STATE YORK AK NEW AME NNSY AS TEY TEXA EXAS NASHI