美英报刊阅读教程（第三版）Lesson7 The Future of Abortion.pptVIP

Number of abortions in United States: According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there were 854,122 legal induced abortions in the US in 2003.There are lots of reasons for pregnant women to choose an abortion, for example, some want to postpone childbearing , others have relationship problems or the partner does not want pregnancy, ect. Various reasons contributing to their having a late abortion are reported, that is , some didn’t recognize they were pregnant or misjudged gestation, some found it hard to make arrangements for abortion, others were afraid to tell their partners or par