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The reasons you give for abortion are not the dominant ones in the real world.  Most of the time, the woman just doesn't want to have the kid (let's call it the inconvenience motive):

 

"Reasons U.S. Women Have Abortions:

Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives

 

CONTEXT:

Understanding women’s reasons for having abortions can inform public debate and policy regarding abortion

and unwanted pregnancy. Demographic changes over the last two decades highlight the need for a reassessment

of why women decide to have abortions.

METHODS:

In 2004, a structured survey was completed by 1,209 abortion patients at 11 large providers, and in-depth

interviews were conducted with 38 women at four sites. Bivariate analyses examined differences in the reasons for

abortion across subgroups, and multivariate logistic regression models assessed associations between respondent

characteristics and reported reasons.

RESULTS:

The reasons most frequently cited were that having a child would interfere with a woman’s education, work

or ability to care for dependents (74%); that she could not afford a baby now (73%); and that she did not want to be a

single mother or was having relationship problems (48%). Nearly four in 10 women said they had completed their

childbearing, and almost one-third were not ready to have a child. Fewer than 1% said their parents’ or partners’

desire for them to have an abortion was the most important reason. Younger women often reported that they were

unprepared for the transition to motherhood, while older women regularly cited their responsibility to dependents.

CONCLUSIONS:

The decision to have an abortion is typically motivated by multiple, diverse and interrelated reasons.

The themes of responsibility to others and resource limitations, such as financial constraints and lack of partner support,

recurred throughout the study.

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2005, 37(3):110–118

 

By Lawrence B.

Finer, Lori F.

Frohwirth, Lindsay

A. Dauphinee,

Susheela Singh

and Ann M. Moore

 

Lawrence B. Finer is

associate director for

domestic research,

Lori F. Frohwirth is

research associate,

Lindsay A. Dauphinee

is research assistant,

Susheela Singh is vice

president for research

and Ann M. Moore is

senior research

associate—all at the

Guttmacher Institute,

New York.

 

 

 

Perhaps you forgot about Roe v. Wade. We know that there is the option and due to the fact that many have deep-seated negative feelings about abortion, indeed, taxpayer funds should not be available or used to fund abortions. As to your question 'what about Planned Parenthood?' That, msmal, is essentially taxpayer money. As to the majority of the rest of your queries - most of those situations are covered in most states.