Abortion in the United States

Who are the women who obtain abortions in the United States? Why do they decide to end a pregnancy? What are their social and economic circumstances? This video was created by the Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and policy organization on sexual and reproductive health. http://guttmacher.org

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[Meeperish]

I love how republicans want to make women have unwanted children...

BUT DON'T YOU DARE USE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO KEEP THAT BABY ALIVE.

[PawnStarsTheFan]

@TheGophers11 You are insane if you think rapist would stop raping people if abortion were illegal because their victims couldn't get an abortion.

[TheEc95]

Im 100% percent against someone having a abortion. But they should not ban abortion. banning abortion is like telling a women what to do with her body. We might as well turn the U.S. into communist if they ban abortions.

[effteedub92]

@blah9876ish Well firstly, I'm a libertarian, although I am registered republican. And I'm not saying all people on welfare are lazy, or that we should stop entitlements abruptly. But we need to seek better solutions instead of putting a band aid on poverty and bankrupting our country. Right now we're doing the opposite.

[effteedub92]

@1971SuperLead As new technology is introduced new ideas are going to make people rich. The richest people are the ones who have high stakes in influencing public policy. And so if you spend money that you don't have eventually the system collapses and only the billionaires are left with a leg to stand on. Your government has failed you, wake up.

[1971SuperLead]

@effteedub92 So? We also have a record number of billionaires. Where's the problem?

[effteedub92]

@1971SuperLead Our debt is 100% of our GDP. This is a real problem.

[freewilllover]

@Meeperish There is a difference beteen killing and not giving funding.

[DCfreak87]

Abortions should be free at Walmart and all teenage girls should be required to have abortions!!

[1971SuperLead]

@effteedub92 Ya, we'll run out of billionaires. The horror! : )~

[righttoopinion]

@1971SuperLead how true