Abortion in the United States Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===When women have abortions (by gestational age)=== [[File:US abortion by gestational age 2016 histogram.svg|thumb|alt=A histogram showing fraction of US abortions at various times in 2016: 25,000 in the first 6 weeks, peaking at 76,000 in the 7th week, then steadily declining to 1,500 in the 18th through 20th weeks, and the quantity after 20 weeks invisible at this scale.|Abortion in the U.S. by gestational age, 2016<ref name=cdcss6311a1/>]] According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2011, most (64.5%) abortions were performed by β€8 weeks' gestation, and nearly all (91.4%) were performed by β€13 weeks' gestation. Few abortions (7.3%) were performed between 14 and 20 weeks' gestation or at β₯21 weeks' gestation (1.4%). From 2002 to 2011, the percentage of all abortions performed at β€8 weeks' gestation increased 6%.<ref name=cdcss6311a1>{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6311a1.htm|title=Abortion Surveillance β United States, 2011|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page