Alan Guttmacher Institute Survey of Reasons Women Choose Abortion, 1987-1988

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Alan Guttmacher Institute Survey of Reasons Women Choose Abortion, 1987-1988

Investigators: Aida Torres and Jacqueline Darroch Forrest

Publication Date: March 23, 2016

Alan Guttmacher Institute Survey of Reasons Women Choose Abortion, 1987-1988

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By means of a survey of abortion patients, the study addresses the question of why certain women elect to have an abortion. The study also examines why some women who have abortions obtain them fairly late in gestatiton. Nationally, 4% of abortions occur at 16 or more weeks of gestation. Medical data show that the normally low rates of complication and death associated with induced abortion increase substantially at later gestations. In addition, obtaining late abortions poses difficulties because they are more expensive, providers are fewer and harder to find, and many find late abortions more troubling than those performed early in gestation. This study investigates the social and demographic characteristics of women who have late abortions, problems related to access, and personal factors such as the ability to recognize signs of pregnancy.

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