matilde alberny
on abortion
Do you think it is either Careless or for Fun?
51+ 27+17= 95% did not want to get pregnant and were actively avoiding it!
Fifty-one percent of women who have abortions had used a contraceptive method in the month they got pregnant, most commonly condoms (27%) or a hormonal method (17%)
WHO is Aborting?
45% Women who have never married and are not cohabiting account for 45% of all abortions.
42% Forty-two percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes below 100% of the federal poverty level ($10,830 for a single woman with no children)
27% Twenty-seven percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes between 100 and 199% of the federal poverty level. = $21,660
45% Women who have never married and are not cohabiting account for 45% of all abortions.
42% Forty-two percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes below 100% of the federal poverty level ($10,830 for a single woman with no children)
27% Twenty-seven percent of women obtaining abortions have incomes between 100 and 199% of the federal poverty level. = $21,660
Does any of this sounds careless or for fun?
Sources:
Guttmacher for population research :
March 2016 Effort to restrict and stigmatize abortion access is misguided and harmful, Heather D. Boonstra
State laws and policies as of March 1, 2016, An Overview of Abortion Laws
Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
US Census Bureau, Population division:2014 postcensal population
Child Trends Data Bank
Zinda and Davis