The number of young women age 15-19 is static because the culture of the USA provides for sex education starting at the age of their menstral cycle.
This static number is PROOF that services for young women are necessary as they will seek abortion for the reason of their age and their future to look forward to.
I don't know of any reasonable adult that would expect a young woman to carry a fetus to term for the sake of doing it while punishing them for the rest of their lives.
The static incidence of abortion in this age group proves only 'one thing' and 'one thing only;' and that is there is a percentage of young women that consent to sexual intercoarse at an age before the age of majority. It is static and holds no danger to the reproductive capacity of the USA. There is no sustained trend from Roe v. Wade that indicates the population of the nation is in danger of collapse, nor its genetic diversity. There is absolutely no reason why women should be insulted by control over their decisions when it comes to giving birth, allowing adoption and becoming a parent.
I was sexually active with my boyfriend at the age of seventeen, used 'the pill' successfully until my First Wedding Anniversary to the same man I went 'Steady' with and "Went to the Prom" with and WE decided to start a family. It was fun and an 'added value' to my young adult womanhood.
A total of 827,609 abortions were reported to CDC for 2007. Among the 45 reporting areas that provided data every year during 1998--2007, a total of 810,582 abortions (97.9% of the total) were reported for 2007; the abortion rate was 16.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15--44 years, and the abortion ratio was 231 abortions per 1,000 live births. Compared with 2006, the total number and rate of reported abortions decreased 2%, and the abortion ratio decreased 3%. Reported abortion numbers, rates, and ratios were 6%, 7%, and 14% lower, respectively, in 2007 than in 1998.
Women aged 20--29 years accounted for 56.9% of all abortions in 2007 and for the majority of abortions during the entire period of analysis (1998--2007). In 2007, women aged 20--29 years also had the highest abortion rates (29.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20--24 years and 21.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 25--29 years). Adolescents aged 15--19 years accounted for 16.5% of all abortions in 2007 and had an abortion rate of 14.5 abortions per 1,000 adolescents aged 15--19 years; women aged ≥35 years accounted for a smaller percentage (12.0%) of abortions and had lower abortion rates (7.7 abortions per 1,000 women aged 35--39 years and 2.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged ≥40 years). During 1998--2007, the abortion rate increased among women aged ≥35 years but decreased among adolescents aged ≤19 years and among women aged 20--29 years.
In contrast to the percentage distribution of abortions and abortion rates, abortion ratios were highest at the extremes of reproductive age, both in 2007 and throughout the entire period of analysis. During 1998--2007 abortion ratios decreased among women in all age groups except for those aged <15 years.
This static number is PROOF that services for young women are necessary as they will seek abortion for the reason of their age and their future to look forward to.
I don't know of any reasonable adult that would expect a young woman to carry a fetus to term for the sake of doing it while punishing them for the rest of their lives.
The static incidence of abortion in this age group proves only 'one thing' and 'one thing only;' and that is there is a percentage of young women that consent to sexual intercoarse at an age before the age of majority. It is static and holds no danger to the reproductive capacity of the USA. There is no sustained trend from Roe v. Wade that indicates the population of the nation is in danger of collapse, nor its genetic diversity. There is absolutely no reason why women should be insulted by control over their decisions when it comes to giving birth, allowing adoption and becoming a parent.
I was sexually active with my boyfriend at the age of seventeen, used 'the pill' successfully until my First Wedding Anniversary to the same man I went 'Steady' with and "Went to the Prom" with and WE decided to start a family. It was fun and an 'added value' to my young adult womanhood.
A total of 827,609 abortions were reported to CDC for 2007. Among the 45 reporting areas that provided data every year during 1998--2007, a total of 810,582 abortions (97.9% of the total) were reported for 2007; the abortion rate was 16.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15--44 years, and the abortion ratio was 231 abortions per 1,000 live births. Compared with 2006, the total number and rate of reported abortions decreased 2%, and the abortion ratio decreased 3%. Reported abortion numbers, rates, and ratios were 6%, 7%, and 14% lower, respectively, in 2007 than in 1998.
Women aged 20--29 years accounted for 56.9% of all abortions in 2007 and for the majority of abortions during the entire period of analysis (1998--2007). In 2007, women aged 20--29 years also had the highest abortion rates (29.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 20--24 years and 21.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 25--29 years). Adolescents aged 15--19 years accounted for 16.5% of all abortions in 2007 and had an abortion rate of 14.5 abortions per 1,000 adolescents aged 15--19 years; women aged ≥35 years accounted for a smaller percentage (12.0%) of abortions and had lower abortion rates (7.7 abortions per 1,000 women aged 35--39 years and 2.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged ≥40 years). During 1998--2007, the abortion rate increased among women aged ≥35 years but decreased among adolescents aged ≤19 years and among women aged 20--29 years.
In contrast to the percentage distribution of abortions and abortion rates, abortion ratios were highest at the extremes of reproductive age, both in 2007 and throughout the entire period of analysis. During 1998--2007 abortion ratios decreased among women in all age groups except for those aged <15 years.
