The reasons listed here are things I don't really care for.
On top of that, even though it's allegedly less than 1%, that still could mean thousands and thousands of babies that are killed. We can do better.
From that under 1% (obviously a lot of overlap in these numbers), I can understand why you feel that way about the women in these categories
However, we still have:
- 0.24% of women took longer to decide whether to have an abortion
- 0.08% of women had an abortion after a change in their relationship status
- 0.06% of women chose to have an abortion because of a change in circumstances after becoming pregnant
If you really want to reduce abortions, the best way is to make it easier to be a mother.
- 0.71% of women were unaware they were pregnant or misjudged gestation
- 0.48% of women found it hard to make arrangements for abortion
- 0.33% of women were afraid to tell their partner or parents
- 0.08% of women were initially pressured not to have abortion
- 0.06% of women were not properly educated on how timing affects abortion
- 0.05% of women were unaware that abortion was available to them
- 0.02% A fetal problem was diagnosed late in pregnancy
- 0.11% Other