what race and economic group had the most abortions in the u.s last year?
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According to the CDC the numbers for 2005 are not out yet. Here is some general information that might assist you in answering your question.
About half of American women have experienced an unintended pregnancy, and at current rates more than one-third (35%) will have had an abortion by age 45.[5]
WHO HAS ABORTIONS
Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20–24 obtain 33% of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19%.[6]
Black women are almost four times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are 2.5 times as likely.[7]
Forty-three percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% identify themselves as Catholic.[8]
Two-thirds of all abortions are among never-married women.[9]
Over 60% of abortions are among women who have had one or more children.[10]
The abortion rate among women living below the federal poverty level ($9,570 for a single woman with no children) is more than four times that of women above 300% of the poverty level (44 vs. 10 abortions per 1,000 women).[11]*
On average, women give four reasons for choosing abortion. Three-fourths of women cite concern for or responsibility to other individuals; three-fourths say they cannot afford a child; three-fourths say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability to care for dependents; and half say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner.[12]
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