Abortion seekers often poor and already mothers

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Who are these women?

-More than half - 54 percent - say they were using birth control around the time they got pregnant.

-Most are unmarried, in their 20s and 30s; 18 percent are teens.

-More than half are poor.

-Three-fourths identify with a religion, mostly Protestant; more than 1 in 4 are Catholic.

-Nearly 60 percent have at least one child.

-More than one-third are white, 30 percent are black and 25 percent are Hispanic.

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