Reply #69: is this a problem?

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...this "women using abortion as a form of birth control" thing? I hear it a lot, just wondering if there's any actual data to back it up.

According to Guttmacher (it's a pdf), only 8% of women seeking abortion were NOT using birth control, which means 92% of them were. (There are other numbers in there breaking down the 92% into when and how effectively, but that's the macro breakdown.) Are you saying that these women use abortion as a back-up birth control, something they rely on in addition to their pills and condoms? If so, how would you know that? What leads you to conclude this?

Maybe it's not that these women are using abortion as a method of birth control but that they are not using their actual birth control properly? Those not using birth control at all are only 8%, which seems to be a pretty small number compared to the constant mention I hear of women using abortion as a form of birth control.

so they'll really understand what is happening to the baby, and to themselves.

And what is happening, exactly, to each and every one of these women, and how would you know? Since doctors tend to explain procedures before performing them I'm not sure what information it is you feel these women are lacking.