Abortion Is a Common Experience for U.S. Women, Despite Dramatic Declines in Rates
October 19, 2017
October 19, 2017
NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- The Guttmacher Institute has issued the following news release:
Nearly one in four women in the United States (23.7 percent) will have an abortion by age 45, according to a new analysis by Guttmacher Institute researchers Rachel Jones and Jenna Jerman, just published in the American Journal of Public Health. By age 20, 4.6 percent of women will have had an abortion, and 19 percent will have done so by age 30.
"Despite recent declines in abortio . . .
Nearly one in four women in the United States (23.7 percent) will have an abortion by age 45, according to a new analysis by Guttmacher Institute researchers Rachel Jones and Jenna Jerman, just published in the American Journal of Public Health. By age 20, 4.6 percent of women will have had an abortion, and 19 percent will have done so by age 30.
"Despite recent declines in abortio . . .