Why Women Choose Abortion
Inadequate Finances |
21% |
Not ready for responsibility |
21% |
Woman’s life would be changed too much |
16% |
Problems with relationship; unmarried |
12% |
Too young; not mature enough |
11% |
Children are grown; woman has all she wants |
8% |
Fetus has possible health problem |
3% |
Woman has health problem |
3% |
Pregnancy caused by rape, incest |
1% |
Other |
4% |
Average number of reasons given |
3.7 |
PRCH & Guttmacher @ 2005
Sources: Torres and Forrest, 1988 (1987)
