61% OF WOMEN WHO HAVE ABORTIONS ARE ALREADY MOTHERS

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GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE - The majority (61%) of U.S. women who have
abortions are already mothers, more than half of whom have two or more
children. In many cases, women choose abortion because they are
motivated to be good parents. Women who have no children want the
conditions to be right when they do; women who already have children
want to be responsible and take care of their existing children. . .

In addition, many of the women surveyed made direct and indirect
references to the "ideal" conditions of motherhood, expressing the view
that children are entitled to stable and loving families, financial
security, and a high level of care and attention. Because the women were
unable to provide those conditions at the time, they did not feel they
were in a position to have a child or, if they were already mothers, an
additional child.

"Many of these women were already raising children in situations that
were less than ideal, and when faced with the possibility of bringing
another child into this environment, they preferred to wait until they
were in a better situation to be good parents," says Jones. "These women
believed that it was more responsible to terminate a pregnancy than to
have a child whose health and welfare could be in question."

http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2008/01/07/index.html

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