Abortion and Class

[Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division]

Does anyone know where I can get some reliable statistics online about the percentage of abortions are performed in different economic classes?

[alice_in_wonderland]

http://www.thecompassnews.org/compass/2003-01-31/03cn0131c6.shtml

That article is from the Catholic Diocese.

In fact, economically disadvantaged women were the only group whose abortion rate increased substantially between 1994 and 2000.

In the year 2000, the abortion rate for women over 20 years old and living under 100% of the federal poverty limit was 43 per 1,000. For women of the same age living at more than 300% of the FPL the rate was 10 per 1,000. Therefore a woman in poverty was four times as likely as a woman of some means to have an abortion.

Given the source, put as much stock in these statistics as you feel is appropriate.