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Pregnancy

Abortion

12/09/2002

Question:

Are the number of abortions per year on the rise? If so are there records of how many abortions are due to rape?

Answer:

The number of abortions in the US have decreased slightly over the last two years.There really is no good data about how many are performed because of rape.

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Response by:

University of Cincinnati Arthur T Ollendorff, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Arthur T Ollendorff, MD