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Health > Births and maternity > Abortion Stats: compare key data on Chile & United States

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STAT Chile United States HISTORY
Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 4%
Ranked 3rd.
5%
Ranked 2nd. 25% more than Chile
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 25%
Ranked 7th. 25% more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 24%
Ranked 4th. The same as United States
24%
Ranked 5th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 23%
Ranked 2nd. 92% more than United States
12%
Ranked 7th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 22%
Ranked 4th.
40%
Ranked 1st. 82% more than Chile
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 71%
Ranked 7th. 58% more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Sometimes justified 23%
Ranked 3rd.
46%
Ranked 1st. Twice as much as Chile
Legal abortions total 1,841
Ranked 49th.
825,564
Ranked 2nd. 448 times more than Chile

Legal abortions total per thousand people 0.113
Ranked 55th.
2.71
Ranked 27th. 24 times more than Chile

When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Illegal Legal
When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Legal
When abortion is legal > On request Illegal Legal
When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal Legal
When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Illegal Legal
When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Illegal Legal

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Societal attitudes towards abortion (Christianity) (The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. (October 5, 2006). Spirit and Power: A 10-Country Survey of Pentecostals . Retrieved February 13, 2007., ); Wikipedia: Societal attitudes towards abortion (Christianity); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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