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)