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- Title
Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States, 1995-1996.
- Authors
Henshaw, Stanley K.
- Abstract
The article provides information on the number and geographic distribution of abortion providers in the United States in 1996. In the 1980s, the number of abortion providers in the United States began to decline, and more recently, so has the number of abortions performed. Whether the decline in service providers, which was last documented in 1992, is continuing and whether this influences the availability and number of abortions is of public interest. Between 1992 and 1996, the number of abortions fell from 1,529,000 to 1,366,000, and the abortion rate decreased from 26 to 23 per 1,000 women aged 15-44. The number of providers fell 14%, to 2,042, with the greatest decline among hospitals and physicians' offices rather than clinics. Eighty-six percent of counties had no known abortion provider, and 32% of women aged 15-44 lived in these counties. In the first half of 1997, early medical abortions were being offered in about 160 facilities, virtually all of which were also providers of surgical abortions. While abortion services in some areas of the country have declined since 1992 and many women continue to have limited access to providers, other factors have probably had more influence on the level of abortions performed. Early medical abortion methods are too new to be a measurable factor in abortion access.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ABORTION clinics; BIRTH control clinics; OBSTETRICS surgery; WOMEN'S health services; SEXUAL ethics
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1998, Vol 30, Issue 6, p263
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2991501