Pregnancy & Abortion
Addiction & Recovery
Suicide
Euthanasia
Adoption
Definitions
Abortion
“The intentional termination of a pregnancy after conception resulting in the killing of an undeveloped human being.”
– Tom Head, Civil Liberties
Addiction
“A compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms.”
– Webster’s
Suicide
Suicide is defined as death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with intent to die as a result of the behavior.
A suicide attempt is a non-fatal, self-directed, potentially injurious behavior with intent to die as a result of the behavior. A suicide attempt might not result in injury.
Suicidal ideation refers to thinking about, considering, or planning suicide.
– National Institute of Mental Health
Euthanasia
The practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering.
Quotes
Abortion
“It is a poverty to decide that a child die so that you may live as you wish.”Adoption
“Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.”Suicide
When people kill themselves, they think they’re ending the pain, but all they’re doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.”Euthanasia
“The deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person”Statistics
Abortion
The number of abortions in U.S. since Roe v. Wade is approximately 60 million; over 2,300 per day*
3% of all abortions are performed on minors (approx. 26,000 each year); using Guttmacher’s 2017 estimate.
*based on Guttmacher’s annual estimates (1973-2017)
Addiction
Drug overdose deaths have more than tripled since 1990. From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died from overdosing on a drug. – www.addictioncenter.com
Suicide
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) WISQARS Leading Causes of Death Reports, in 2017: Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of over 47,000 people.
Suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 34, and the fourth leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 35 and 54.
– https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml