ClinicQuotes

At the time of the decision up to 55% of women aren’t certain that abortion is the right choice.

according to the study:

“Ambivalent women more often felt exposed to social pressure and some felt that the abortion was not their own choice… The ambivalent women more often stated that it was their partner who decided on abortion… Only a minority initially wanted abortion when the pregnancy was established.”

Husfeldt C, Hansen SK, Lyngberg A, Nobbebo M, Petersson B. Ambivalence among Women Applying for Abortion. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandanavica 1995 November; 74 (10): 813 – 7; P813

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