The post-abortion organization, Open Arms, has been gathering information from abortive women since 1986. These items from their ongoing survey reflect data released in the spring of 1997:
Reason for Abortion
Social: 82%
Economic: 9%
Health: 5%
Life: 1%
Rape: 1%
Incest: 0.5%
Would you have liked pro-life information then?
Yes: 57%
No: 23%
Not sure: 9%
Did the relationship with the father of the baby end soon after the abortion?
Yes: 55%
No: 43%
Would you have this abortion again?
Yes: 15%
No: 74%
Not sure: 4%
From Frederica Mathewes-Green Real Choices: Listening to Women, Looking for Alternatives to Abortion (Felicity Press; 3 edition, April 16, 2013) Kindle version
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