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U.S. short of abortion providers

by Lisa Anderson | https://twitter.com/LisaAndersonNYC | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Monday, 29 August 2011 13:15 GMT

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

American women are finding it increasingly difficult to find an abortion provider, according to a new study.

Ninety-seven percent of obstetrician-gynecologists have encountered patients wanting an abortion, but only 14 percent performed them, according to a study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Another recent study found that in 2008, 87 percent of U.S. counties where 35 percent of reproductive-aged women live did not have a single abortion provider. Since 1996, however, all ob-gyn residents have been required to learn how to perform the procedure.

This year, states have passed at least 80 new abortion restrictions– double the previous annual record of 34 seen in 2005, and more than triple 2010′s 23 changes.

The study was based on a self-administered confidential survey sent to a sample of 1,800 ob-gyns practicing in the United States.  A total of 1,144 doctors responded.

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