National Survey of Obstetricians/Gynecologists on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy: Attitudes and Practices with Regard to Abortion,” Kaiser family foundation, 1995:
“Found that two thirds of the obstetricians and gynecologists in practice in the United States, especially female doctors and those under 40, refused to do abortions under any circumstances. Few of these mentioned public pressure from antiabortion activists as a reason; most cited religious scruples or simply said they didn’t like doing the procedure. Of the one third who do perform abortions, a majority do four or fewer per month.”
Erika Bachiochi. The Cost of “Choice”: Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion” (San Francisco, CA: Encounter Books, 2004) 16 to 17
This means that the majority of abortions are done by a small group of doctors.
And, according to another poll:
Only 5 out of 100 obstetricians/gynecologists are now willing to perform abortions
Lawrence B Finer and Stanley K Henshaw, “Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States in 2000,” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 35:1 (2003): 6 – 15
So the number has dropped dramatically between 1995 and 2003
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