{"id":317956,"date":"2024-09-29T15:38:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T20:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=317956"},"modified":"2024-10-02T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T18:44:16","slug":"reasons-abortion-still-elective-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/reasons-abortion-still-elective-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Study reconfirms that nearly all abortions in the US are still for ‘elective’ reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The media has been spewing out stories right and left about women who have allegedly experienced life-threatening medical emergencies that supposedly warranted induced abortions, yet were unable to obtain them. You can see how our Live Action News team has fact-checked and debunked many of the most prominently featured narratives here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition, polls featuring vague and skewed wording continue to paint a confusing and illogical picture about the American public’s feelings about abortion at various gestational ages, after certain developmental milestones, and for various reasons. Commonly, even people who consider themselves “pro-life” say that they would allow abortion for reasons of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother (despite the fact that intentional killing is not medically necessary).<\/p>\n

According to a new report, these “exceptions” continue to make up a very small percentage of the total number of abortions in the U.S. every year. Most U.S. abortions are elective<\/em><\/strong> abortion procedures, done for reasons other than these commonly accepted “exceptions.”<\/p>\n

Research Group Claims 95% of Abortions Are Elective<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) Senior Research Associate Tessa Cox told Live Action News that the “official state data” the organization has reviewed<\/a> in the past “shows that the vast majority of abortions, more than 95%, are for elective or unspecified reasons.”<\/p>\n

“Less than 5% of abortions are performed because the mother or unborn baby has a physical health condition or because the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest,” Cox added.<\/p>\n

Lozier’s report noted that just 0.4% of abortions are done due to rape, and 0.3% are done due to a risk to the woman’s life or major bodily function:<\/p>\n

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Abortion Reasons (Graph: Charlotte Lozier Institute)<\/p><\/div>\n

Cox pointed out that “many states don\u2019t report reasons for abortions, and some large states like California don\u2019t report any abortion data at all.”<\/p>\n

What State Data Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2023, the Guttmacher Institute found<\/a> that “16 states require providers to give some information about the patient’s reason for seeking the procedure.” Out of those states, the former \u201cspecial affiliate<\/a>\u201d to Planned Parenthood found:<\/p>\n