An article in the New York Times revealed the following statistics:
59 percent of all abortion doctors are at least 65 years old. That’s not a typo: nearly two-thirds are beyond legal retirement age. Most doctors who perform abortions specialize in obstetrics and gynecology; according to a study done three years ago, the percentage of OB-GYN’s willing to perform abortions dropped from 42 percent in 1983 to 33 percent in 1995. (Doctors going into what’s called family-practice medicine were thought by some to be part of the next generation of abortion providers, but a study published in October revealed that only 15 percent of chief residents doing family practice had any experience with the simplest abortion procedure.)
OB-GYN’s learn the surgeries and procedures associated with abortion during their hospital residency programs. A 1991 study showed that only 12 percent of these programs now routinely teach abortion, and, according to Philip Darney, a professor at the University of California at San Francisco’s medical school, all indications are that the percentage is ”still trending down.”
Some 2 percent of OB-GYN’s perform more than 25 abortions per month.
Jack Hitt “Who Will Do Abortions Here?” New York Times Jan 18, 1998
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