Shepard is an advocate for laws that would prohibit abortion under all circumstances. To make her case, she argues that, of pregnancies that survive the first few weeks, over half are terminated by an abortion. You know that Dr. Shepard's argument is false because the percentage of pregnancies that are terminated by abortion after the first few weeks is actually:
A) 2%
B) 6%
C) 19%
D) 36%

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According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2008), in the United States, of those pregnancies that survive the first few weeks, 19% are aborted.

Shepard Is an Advocate for Laws That Would Prohibit Abortion