To juggler: How many legal abortions were performed in the 1980's? particularly
1984 in the United States?

Hello Juliet,

The U.S. Government's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) puts the 1984
abortion figure at  1,333,521.

The Alan Guttmacher institute (AGI), Planned Parenthood?s research
affiliate, uses a slightly different data collection methodology at
1,577,200.

For the whole decade of the 1980s (1980-89), the CDC figures total out
to about 13.3 million.  The AGI figures are approximately 15.7
million.

Source:
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Alan Guttmacher institute (AGI)
Data on the web page: Abortion in the United States: Statistics and
Trends, hosted by nrlc.org:
http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/abortionstats.html

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search strategy:
abortion statistics "united states " 1984

I hope this helps.  

How's the book coming?  Any luck with publishers?

Thank you, I knew this was an easier one to find, but I did need it
quick. I'm sending out my new, updated query letter today with this
info.Thanks ever so much!

Thanks for the tip.  Good luck with your new query letter!
-juggler

I just found the place to "add a comment", I didn't see it yesterday. 
but anyway, I had no luck with the first 15 letters I sent out, so I'm
now changing the letter and trying again with a new approach. If all
the letters fail--- at all the addresses, I may consider self
publishing next year.  I hear it's becoming more reputable these days!
If I have any more questions I'll ask for you again.  Thanks,  Juliet

What book?