How Much Money Does the Federal Government Spend on Abortions Each Year? (7955 hits)
While most abortions are done in private clinics and are not covered by government funding, there are a few government grants and contracts provided to abortion clinics. Planned Parenthood, for example, receives about $270 million annually from government ...
In 2007, the estimated number of legal abortions performed in the United States was estimated to be around 1.37 million with 90% of these abortions performed in the first trimester, and the other 10% performed in the second and third trimesters.
The National Coalition of Abortion providers estimates that the average cost of an abortion performed in the first trimester is around $350, while the average cost of a second trimester abortion grows to about $2,500. The research group Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) estimated that the total annual cost of all abortions performed in the United States is around $980 million.
