Guttmacher Institute “Women Who Have Abortions” Infographic, 2013

Sources (quoted from http://www.guttmacher.org/media/infographics/US-women-abortions2.html):

• By age 45 about half of American women will have an unintended pregnancy and nearly 1 in 3 will have an abortion.
  • Sources: Henshaw SK, Unintended pregnancy in the United States, Family Planning Perspectives, 1998, 30(1):24–29 & 46, and Jones RK and Kavanaugh ML,Changes in abortion rates between 2000 and 2008 and lifetime incidence of abortion, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2011, 117(6):1358–1366.
• Demographic characteristics of women having abortions (age, race/ethnicity, religion, children, economic status, marital status).
  • Source: Jones RK, Finer LB and Singh S, Characteristics of U.S. abortion patients, 2008, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2010.
• 88% have their abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Abortion surveillance—United States, 2006, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2009, Vol. 58, No. SS-8.

Guttmacher Institute, “Abortion in the U.S. Has Become Concentrated Among Poor Women” Infographic (2013)

Sources (quoted from: http://www.guttmacher.org/media/infographics/abortion-concentrated-among-poor2.html)

• Unintended pregnancy rates have increased among poor women while they have declined among higher-income women
  • Source: Finer LB and Zolna MR, Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006, Contraception, 2011, 84(5):478–485.
• 42% of women having abortions have income levels below the federal poverty line
  • Source: Jones RK, Finer LB and Singh S, Characteristics of U.S. abortion patients, 2008, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2010.
• Compared with higher income women, poor women have unintended pregnancy rates 5X as high; abortion rates 5X as high and unplanned birth rates 6X as high
  • Sources: Finer LB and Zolna MR, Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006, Contraception, 2011, 84(5):478–485; Jones RK and Kavanaugh ML, Changes in abortion rates between 2000 and 2008 and lifetime incidence of abortion, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2011, 117(6):1358–1366.
• Seven in 10 women would have preferred to have their abortion earlier. Many women experience delays because they need time to raise the money.
  • Source: Finer LB et al., Timing of steps and reasons for delays in obtaining abortions in the United States, Contraception, 2006, 74(4):334–344.
• Delays=Higher Costs: travel costs, child care costs, lost wages from missed work
  • Source: Finer LB et al., Timing of steps and reasons for delays in obtaining abortions in the United States, Contraception, 2006, 74(4):334–344.
• Women report having to borrow money from friends & family and forgo paying rent, groceries & utilities to pay for their procedure.
  • Source: Finer LB et al., Timing of steps and reasons for delays in obtaining abortions in the United States, Contraception, 2006, 74(4):334–344.

Guttmacher Institute, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities In Reproductive Health Outcomes” Infographic (2013)

Sources (quoted from: http://www.guttmacher.org/media/infographics/racial-ethnic-disparities2.html)

• Unintended pregnancy rates by race/ethnicity
  • Source: Finer LB and Zolna MR, Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006, Contraception, 2011, 84(5):478–485.
• Abortion rates by race/ethnicity
  • Source: Jones RK and Kavanaugh ML, Changes in abortion rates between 2000 and 2008 and lifetime incidence of abortion, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2011, 117(6):1358–1366.
• Unplanned birth rates by race/ethnicity
  • Source: Finer LB and Zolna MR, Unintended pregnancy in the United States: incidence and disparities, 2006, Contraception, 2011, 84(5):478–485.
• Broader social and economic disparities
  • Source: H. Mead, L. Cartwright-Smith, K. Jones, C. Ramos, K. Woods, and B. Siegel, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Health Care: A Chartbook, The Commonwealth Fund, March 2008.