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For every five children born in Delaware, two are aborted.
From 2000-2005, Delaware had an average of 11,196 live births and
4,559 abortions.

Delaware's abortion rate is nearly 50% higher than the national average.
In 2005, Delaware had 28.8 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive
age (15-44), nationally there were 19.4 abortions per 1,000 woman of
reproductive age.

Delaware has the fifth highest per-capita abortion rate in the nation.
In 2005, only four states had abortions rates higher than Delaware's
28.8 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age.

People are coming to Delaware to have abortions.
More than one out of every four women who get an abortion in Delaware
is from out of state. From 2000-2005, an average of 1,290 of the 4,559
abortions per year were obtained by out-of-state women.

Delaware has the third highest rate of abortion among teens age 15-17.
In 2000, there were 24 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-17, the third
highest in the nation.

Abortion is adversely affecting the African American community in Delaware.

African Americans make up 21% of Delaware's population, yet 40% of the
state's abortions are performed on African-American women.

In 2005, more African-American babies were killed in Delaware than the total number of
African-American deaths from all other causes combined. 1,274 African Americans were
aborted in Delaware in 2005, while there were 1,235 African-American deaths from all other causes in the same year.

The percentage of Delaware pregnancies ending in abortion in the black
community is twice the rate of those ending in abortion in the white community.
In 2005, 30.4% of pregnancies in the black community ended in abortion versus
16.7% in the white community.

Nationally, more African-American babies have been killed by abortion since
1973 than the total number of African-American deaths from AIDS, violent crimes,
accidents, cancer, and heart disease combined.

In Delaware a child needs a parent's permission to get her ears pierced, but can
have an abortion without a parent's consent.

Due to a court order, Delaware is one of only 14 states that allow abortion at any
point in pregnancy, including the ninth month, and after viability.

Delaware's 24-hour waiting period for an abortion was ruled unconstitutional by a
federal court.

Delaware currently does not require abortion providers to inform the mother that the
child may feel pain, about assistance available for prenatal care, childbirth, and infant
care, and the possible psychological impact of abortion.

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Sources

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health “Delaware
Vital Statistics Annual Report, 2000-2005
The Alan Guttmacher Institute, U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics Overall Trends, Trends
by Race and Ethnicity and State-by-State Information, New York: AGI, updated 2004
Cumulative statistics provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; Accessed at:
http://blackgenocide.org/ negro.html
The Alan Guttmacher Institute, State Facts About Abortion: Delaware, 2008
The Alan Guttmacher Institute, State Policies in Brief, October 2007
Americans United for Life, Defending Life 2008 State Rankings Report