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.”
Mother Theresa
Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Adoption

“Adoption was such a positive alternative to abortion, a way to save one life and brighten two more: those of the adoptive parents.”
George W. Bush
34th President of the United States

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.”
Jeanette Walls
Columnist & Author

Euthanasia

“The deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person”
John Paul II
Pope

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