QUICK FACTS

- Heart begins to beat around 22 days from conception
Cells begin dividing within hours of conception.
5-8 days the fertilized ovum implants on the uterine wall
40 days there are brain waves
8 weeks, all organs are there and ready to grow.

- There have been more than 45 million abortions since 1973.

- Women have cited 'social reasons' , not mother's health or rape/incest as their motivation in approximately 93% of all abortions.

- A June 1999 Wirthlin poll found that 62% of Americans support legal abortion in only three or fewer circumstances: when the pregnancy results from rape or incest or when it threatens the life of the mother.

The life of a baby begins long before he or she is born. A new individual human being begins at fertilization, when the sperm and ovum meet to form a single cell. If the baby's life is not interrupted, he or she will someday become an adult man or woman. Worldwide, millions of unborn babies are killed each year. In the United States over 40 million unborn babies have been killed in the 29 years since abortion was legalized and more than 1.3 million are killed each year.