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State abortion restrictions are not the main driver of declines in U.S. abortion.
May 9, 2016 Infographic

Abortion patients are disproportionately poor and low income

Nearly half of abortion patients in the United States are poor and another 26% are low income. These data come from a nationally representative survey of nonhospital abortion patients in the United States.

Abortion patients are disproportionately poor and low income

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Jerman J, Jones RK and Onda T, Characteristics of U.S. Abortion Patients in 2014 and Changes Since 2008, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2016.

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