Editing Abortion (section)

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[[File:AGIAbortionReasonsBarChart.png|thumb|upright=1.8|A bar chart depicting selected data from a 1998 [[Alan Guttmacher Institute|AGI]] [[meta-study]] on the reasons women stated for having an abortion]]
The reasons why women have abortions are diverse and vary across the world.<ref name="guttmacher" /><ref name="bankole98"/><ref name=Chae_2017>{{ cite journal | last1=Chae | first1=Sophia | last2=Desai | first2=Sheila | last3=Crowell | first3=Marjorie | last4=Sedgh | first4=Gilda | date=2017-10-01 | title=Reasons why women have induced abortions: a synthesis of findings from 14 countries | journal=[[Contraception (journal)|Contraception]] | volume=96 | issue=4 | pages=233–241 | doi=10.1016/j.contraception.2017.06.014 | pmid=28694165 | pmc=5957082 | quote=In most countries, the most frequently cited reasons for having an abortion were socioeconomic concerns or limiting childbearing. With some exceptions, little variation existed in the reasons given by women's sociodemographic characteristics. Data from three countries where multiple reasons could be reported in the survey showed that women often have more than one reason for having an abortion. | doi-access=free }}</ref> Some of the reasons may include an inability to afford a child, domestic violence, lack of support, feeling they are too young, and the wish to complete education or advance a career.<ref name=":5">{{cite journal | last = Stotland | first = Nada L |author-link = Nada Stotland| title = Update on Reproductive Rights and Women's Mental Health | journal = The Medical Clinics of North America | volume = 103 | issue = 4 | pages = 751–766 | date = July 2019 | pmid = 31078205 | doi = 10.1016/j.mcna.2019.02.006 | s2cid = 153307516 }}</ref> Additional reasons include not being able or willing to raise a child conceived as a result of rape or incest.<ref name="bankole98">{{cite journal | vauthors = Bankole A, Singh S, Haas T |date = September 1998 |url=http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2411798.html |title=Reasons Why Women Have Induced Abortions: Evidence from 27 Countries |journal=International Family Planning Perspectives |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=117–127, 152 |doi=10.2307/3038208 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117191716/http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2411798.html |archive-date=17 January 2006 |jstor=3038208 | quote= Worldwide, the most commonly reported reason women cite for having an abortion is to postpone or stop childbearing. The second most common reason—socioeconomic concerns—includes disruption of education or employment; lack of support from the father; desire to provide schooling for existing children; and poverty, unemployment or inability to afford additional children. In addition, relationship problems with a husband or partner and a woman's perception that she is too young constitute other important categories of reasons. Women's characteristics are associated with their reasons for having an abortion: With few exceptions, older women and married women are the most likely to identify limiting childbearing as their main reason for abortion. - Conclusions - Reasons women give for why they seek abortion are often far more complex than simply not intending to become pregnant; the decision to have an abortion is usually motivated by more than one factor. }}</ref><ref name="finer2005">{{cite journal |vauthors=Finer LB, Frohwirth LF, Dauphinee LA, Singh S, Moore AM |title=Reasons U.S. women have abortions: quantitative and qualitative perspectives |journal=Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=110–118 |date=September 2005 |pmid=16150658 |doi=10.1111/j.1931-2393.2005.tb00045.x |url=http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3711005.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107092446/http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3711005.html |archive-date=7 January 2012|url-access=subscription }}</ref>