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

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STAT South Africa United States HISTORY
Attitudes of Christians towards Abortion > Always justified 8%
Ranked 1st. 60% more than United States
5%
Ranked 2nd.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere 28%
Ranked 5th. 40% more than United States
20%
Ranked 8th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly agree 25%
Ranked 3rd. 4% more than United States
24%
Ranked 5th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should interfere, mostly disagree 19%
Ranked 3rd. 58% more than United States
12%
Ranked 7th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Government should not interfere 21%
Ranked 5th.
40%
Ranked 1st. 90% more than South Africa
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Never justified 73%
Ranked 6th. 62% more than United States
45%
Ranked 9th.
Attitudes of Christians towards abortion > Sometimes justified 16%
Ranked 5th.
46%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Africa
Legal abortions total 28,978
Ranked 21st.
825,564
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than South Africa

Legal abortions total per thousand people 0.692
Ranked 49th.
2.71
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than South Africa

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