Why Women Get Abortions

Many believe that most abortions occur in cases of rape, incest, health of the mother, or birth defects. But what does the data say?

RESOURCES:

➡️ Why women abort: https://www.hli.org/resources/why-women-abort/
➡️ Why do women have late-term abortions? https://www.hli.org/resources/why-do-women-have-late-term-abortions/
➡️ Reasons US women have abortions (Guttmacher): https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/journals/3711005.pdf
➡️ Induced abortion in the United States (Guttmacher): https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states
➡️ Understanding why women seek abortions in the US: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3729671/
➡️ Reasons why women have induced abortions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5957082/