In the United States, women choose to end around 25 % of their pregnancies through abortion. This number has gradually been in decline since 1979. Our friendly neighbors to the North, Canada, has comparable numbers in that woman end pregnancies through abortion 21% of the time. The former Soviet Union (60%) and Romania (78%) are quite high, but there is a short supply of contraceptives in those countries.

A social consensus exists among pro-lifers and pro-choicers that when human personhood begins, that person should be protected. The problem in the United States is that people hold conflicting views as to when human personhood begins. This leads to conflictual beliefs and policy decisions. In a general sense, people don’t always take a pro-life or pro-choice stance when it comes to abortion.

- Others would argue that a woman should have the right to terminate her pregnancy at any time in pregnancy, up to the point where the fetus is fully formed.

The objectives of both groups are to reduce the number of abortions, and to make any needed abortions safe. The methods each group takes to limit the number of abortions are very different, and beliefs about which abortions are justifiable are also very different between the two groups. This is why the pro-choice and pro-life people are unable to cooperate.

- A very few amount of pro-lifers would outlaw abortions entirely.

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