Want An Abortion? Good Luck Finding A Willing Doctor In The U.S.
The nationwide survey included 1,144 practicing ob-gyns in the United States. Of those who do perform abortions, factors such as age, religion and gender play a huge role. Here’s an interesting breakdown of who’s most likely to perform one:
- Female physicians are almost twice as likely to perform an abortion than male physicians (18.6 percent vs. 10.6 percent).
- Young doctors aged 26-35 are most likely to offer abortion, followed by older ones aged 56-65.
- Doctors in the Northeast or West are more likely than those in the South or Midwest to offer the procedure.
- Urban doctors are more likely than rural doctors to perform abortions.
- Jewish doctors are more likely to perform an abortion than any other religious group (40.2 percent of Jewish doctors said yes, compared with 20 percent of Hindus, 10.1 percent of Non-Evangelical Protestants, 9 percent of Roman Catholics or Eastern Orthodox and 1.2 percent of Evangelical Protestants).
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