About The Issues

The Provider Shortage
One of the greatest obstacles to safe, legal abortion in the United States and Canada today is the absence of trained providers. According to a study conducted in 2000, 87% of all U.S. counties have no abortion provider (1).

Lack of Training
An estimated 43% of women in the U.S. will have at least one abortion by the time they are 45 years old (8). Yet, few medical students and residents are learning about abortion and how to provide this procedure.

Curriculum Reform
49% of pregnancies among American women are unintended; half of these end in abortion (8). And yet, as an academic subject, abortion is given scarcely more than a few sentences in most medical school courses combined.