The American Feminist

Post-Abortion Listening Groups

Results of Listening Groups With Post-Abortion Women Held in Seven American Cities, Asking the Reasons They Felt They Needed Abortions.

Most Common Reasons
  1. Husband/boyfriend pressured her to have abortion.
  2. Parents pressured her (in 6 of 7 cases, her mother).
  3. Woman wanted to protect parents.
  4. Husband/boyfriend weak and unsupportive.
  5. Afraid of parental disapproval.
  6. Other.

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