There are about 1.1 million abortions each year in the United States. Teen pregnancy, birth and abortion rates have been the lowest in 2011. About forty-two percent of teen pregnancies end in abortion, and about seventy-five percent of teen pregnancies are unintended. Black teens have a higher abortion rate than whites and hispanic teens. Many teens feel like they are not mature enough to raise a child so they …show more content…
They believe they will not be able to provide for the child. In 2004 twenty-three percent if women had an abortion because they could not afford a child. The freedom of choice act was a bill passed stating that every women has the right to terminate a pregnancy. Abortions was one of the topics of the presidential debate this year. President Donald Trump was anti- abortion while Hillary clinton was in favor and supported Roe virsus Wade which was a US Supreme Court case in 1973 legalizing the women's right to an abortion. Later on when Donald Trump became president he signed a ban on federal money going to groups that performed and provided information on