Ohio Respect for Life: Time Article - "Grassroots Abortion War"

Ohio Board for Life

Anne Feczko, President of Xavier SFL
Brad Freightner, Otterbein Students for Life
Burt James, President of Ohio Christian Students for Life
Carissa Patton, President of Ohio University Students for Life
Chel Loewer, Kent State Campus Right to Life
Gina Tortorella, President of Falcons for Life
Jacqueline Velasquez, President of John Carroll University Students for Life
Jamie Rehmann, Ohio University Medical Students for Life
Jen Trinkle, President of Denison University Students for Life
Jenelle Fleagle, President of Mt. Vernon Nazarene Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Jessie Houch, President of Akron Students for Life
Jonathan Lucci, Franciscan University Democrats for Life
Joshua Philbrick, University of Toledo Students for Life
Katherine Lusardi, Ohio Northern University SFL
Kathleen Roshak, Walsh Students for Life
Kevin Berry, Co-President of UD Students for Life
Kristin Striker, Contact - Ashland University Students for Life
Libby Reichert, Franciscan University SFL
Marie Tornero, President of Capital Crusaders
Mary Teegarden, President of OSU Students for Life
Murray Vasser, President of Students for Life at Cedarville University
Paul Shaniuk, President of Baldwin-Wallace Students for Life
Rachael Gallagher, Otterbein Students for Life
Sarah Anne Hodges, Blufton Students for Life
Tracy Kemme, Co-President of UD Students for Life

Quick Facts

70% of women getting abortions are unmarried. (Source: USA Today, Jan. 22, 1998)
Abortion is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the United States. (Source: Alan Guttmacher Institute)
The American Medical Association supports legislation banning partial-birth abortions unless the life of the mother is in danger.
Studies show that there is a 150% increase in rates of breast cancer for girls under 18 who abort at 8 weeks gestation or greater. (Source: British Journal of Cancer, 1981)
In America, 165,000 babies are aborted in the second and third trimester. (Source: Cenetr for Disease Control Statistics)
According to a 1999 USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll, 71% of Americans favor some or total restrictions on abortions.
Social or "birth control" reasons account for approximately 93% of all abortions. So-called "hard cases" of rape, incest, health of baby, and threat to life or health of mother account for less than 7%. (Source: Family Palnning Perspectives, July/August 1988)
57% of Americans believe abortion is murder.
Nearly two-thirds believe abortion should be illegal after the first trimester.
Currently, abortion is legal for any reason in every state of the union.

Ohio Respect for Life