Birth Mother Matters in Adoption Episode 40: Abortion Education Part 1

Abortion News:

• The cost of an abortion in the state of Arizona appears to range from $560 to $2500, depending ont he provider, type of abortion and how far along you are in your pregnancy.
• States are not required to submit abortion data to the CDC, but the overwhelming majority do.
• The Planned Parenthood annual report, covering the 2017-2018 fiscal year, was published over the weekend of Jan. 19-20.
• The number of abortions performed by Planned Parenthood rose to 332,757, an increase of over three percent. Adoption referrals dropped by over 25 percent to 2,831. The abortion provider makes one adoption referral for every 117 abortions, according to their own data.
• 37 states require parental involvement in a minor’s decision to have an abortion.
• Abortion medication to be available at California’s college health centers under new law.  A 2018 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health estimated that 322 to 519 students at California’s public universities seek medical abortions each month.

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