The Second Look Project

A pretty interesting site on abortion statistics in the United States. Click here for more.

Women who have had abortions cite the following reasons:

* 21% can’t afford a baby

* 21% are unready for responsibility

* 16% concerned about how having a baby could change their lives

* 12% have problems with relationship or want to avoid single parenthood

* 11% are not mature enough/are too young to have children

* 8% have all the children they want/have all grown-up children

* 3% possible fetal health problem

* 3% maternal health problem

* 1% pregnancy resulted from rape or incest

* 1% husband/partner wants them to have abortion

* 1% don’t want others to know they had sex or are pregnant

Wow. How sad.