Infographic #1: U.S. Women Who Have Abortions

• 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.

Infographic #2: How Do Women Pay for Abortions?

• Most abortion patients have health coverage
• Source: Jones RK, Finer LB and Singh S, Characteristics of U.S. abortion patients, 2008, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2010.

• But most women pay out of pocket for their abortion
• Source: Jones RK, Finer LB and Singh S, Characteristics of U.S. abortion patients, 2008, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2010.

• In 2008, the average cost of a first-trimester abortion was $470
• Source: Jones RK and Kooistra K, Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States, 2008, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2011, 43(1):41–50.

• Lower-income women are more likely to be uninsured
• Source: DeNavas-Walt C, Proctor BD and Smith JC, U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-243, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2012.

• Only 17 states have policies to use their own funds to cover abortions for women on Medicaid
• Source: Guttmacher Institute, State funding of abortion under Medicaid, State Policies in Brief (as of December 2012), 2012, <http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_SFAM.pdf>, accessed Jan. 7, 2013.

Infographic #3: Abortion in the U.S. Has Become Concentrated Among Poor Women

• 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.

Infographic #4: Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Outcomes Reflect Broader Social and Economic Disparities

• 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.

Infographic #5: Barriers to Abortion Access

• Some women must travel 50 miles or more to obtain an abortion
• Source: Jones RK et al., Abortion in the United States: incidence and access to services, 2005, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2008, 40(1):6–16.

• 87% of counties lack an abortion provider; 35% of women live in those counties
• Source: Jones RK and Kooistra K, Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States, 2008, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2011, 43(1):41–50.

• In 2012 alone, 43 abortion restrictions were enacted in 19 states.
• Source: Guttmacher Institute, Laws affecting reproductive health and rights: 2012 state policy review, 2013, <http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/updates/2012/statetrends42012.html>, accessed Jan. 7, 2013.

• Major state abortion restrictions currently in effect
• Source: Guttmacher Institute, State Policies in Brief Series, <http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/index.html>, accessed Jan. 7, 2013.