90% of women give multiple reasons for why they are seeking an abortion. The following are the most popular reasons women give according to the Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provided in the country:
74% of women say a child would dramatically change their life in this way:
38% say a child would interfere with their education
38% say a child would interfere with their job
32% say they have other dependents
73% of women say they can’t afford a baby right now because:
42% say because they are unmarried
34% say because they are a student or are planning to study
28% say they can’t afford a baby and child care
23% say they can’t afford the basic needs of life
22% say because they are unemployed
48% of women who say they don’t want to be a single mom or are having relationship problems in this way:
19% say they are unsure about their relationship
11% say relationship may break up or end soon
38% of women say they have decided they’ve completed their childbearing years
32% say they are not ready for another child
25% say they do not want people to know they had sex or got pregnant
14% husband wanted her to have an abortion
6% say parents wanted her to have an abortion
12% say possible problems with their health
1% of women said they were aborting because they were raped
Less than .05% of women gave the reason because of incest