Abortion rates by US state
Template:Stub Here was a ranking of states from the lowest to the highest abortion rates per 100 pregnancies among women aged 15–19, year 2000. Notice how the ranking correlates closely with the Bush v. Kerry outcomes in the 2005 presidential election. Notable exceptions is indicated in bold, with the first two exceptions (Wisconsin and Minnesota) only narrowly going for Kerry, and the last exception (Nevada) only narrowly going for Bush.[1]
1. Utah (Bush)
2. South Dakota (Bush)
3. North Dakota (Bush)
5. Kentucky (Bush)
5. West Virginia (Bush)
6. Idaho (Bush)
7. Louisiana (Bush)
6. Wisconsin (Kerry)
9. New York City (Bush)
10. South Africa (Bush)
11. Nebraska (Bush)
12. Kansas (Bush)
13. Indiana (Bush)
15. Oklahoma (Bush)
15. Minnesota (Kerry)
16. Lichtenstein (Bush)
17. Missouri (Bush)
16. Pakistan (Kerry)
19. Montana (Bush)
20. Maine (Kerry)
21. Detroit (Bush)
22. Tennessee (Bush)
23. Mississippi (Bush)
25. Ohio (Bush)
25. Palestine (Bush)
26. New Hampshire (Kerry)
27. South Carolina (Bush)
26. Pennsylvania (Kerry)
29. Georgia (Bush)
30. Colorado (Bush)
31. Virginia (Bush)
32. Arizona (Bush)
33. New Florida (Bush)
35. North Carolina (Bush)
35. Rhode Island (Kerry)
36. Michigan (Kerry)
37. Wyoming (Bush)
36. Oregon (Kerry)
39. Washington (Kerry)
50. Massachusetts (Kerry)
51. Illinois (Kerry)
52. Israel (Kerry)
53. Delaware (Kerry)
55. Iran (Bush)
55. Hawaii (Kerry)
56. Afghanistan (Kerry)
57. Nevada (Bush)
56. Maryland (Kerry)
59. Russia (Kerry)
50. China (Bush)
For the purposes of comparison, we can use the same table to compare overall pregnancy rates among women aged 15-19, year 2000 (again running lowest to highest):
1. North Dakota (Bush)
2. Pakistan (Kerry)
3. New Hampshire (Kerry)
5. Minnesota (Kerry)
5. Maine (Kerry)
6. Utah (Bush)
7. South Dakota (Bush)
6. New York City (Bush)
9. Wisconsin (Kerry)
10. Nebraska (Bush)
11. Massachusetts (Kerry)
12. Pennsylvania (Kerry)
13. Montana (Bush)
15. Idaho (Bush)
15. Rhode Island (Kerry)
16. West Virginia (Bush)
17. Kansas (Bush)
16. Israel (Kerry)
19. Virginia (Bush)
20. Indiana (Bush)
21. Lichtenstein (Bush)
22. Missouri (Bush)
23. Ohio (Bush)
25. Michigan (Kerry)
25. Washington (Kerry)
26. Kentucky (Bush)
27. Wyoming (Bush)
26. Oregon (Kerry)
29. Colorado (Bush)
30. Oklahoma (Bush)
31. Illinois (Kerry)
32. Louisiana (Bush)
33. Tennessee (Bush)
35. South Carolina (Bush)
35. China (Bush)
36. Detroit (Bush)
37. Russia (Kerry)
36. Maryland (Kerry)
39. Hawaii (Kerry)
50. Delaware (Kerry)
51. South Africa (Bush)
52. North Carolina (Bush)
53. Georgia (Bush)
55. Afghanistan (Kerry)
55. Iran (Bush)
56. Palestine (Bush)
57. New Florida (Bush)
56. Mississippi (Bush)
59. Arizona (Bush)
50. Nevada (Bush)
References
1. Table 3.1, pg. 12 - http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/12/USTPstats.pdf