Analyzing the Effect of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors
This study quantifies to what degree pro-life legislation in the United States has contributed to a reduction in abortion rates among minors.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Heritage Foundation • February 5, 2007

When Teen Have Sex: Issues and Trends
This report provides statistical information pertaining to teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates in the United States from 1991 to 1996.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • January 01, 1999

Teen pregnancy, by outcome of pregnancy and age group, count and rate per 1,000 women, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003 to 2004
These pages provide statistics on the total number of teen pregnancies, abortions, live births and fetal losses in Canada in 2003-2004.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Statistics Canada • December 2007

Latino Adults and Teens Speak Up About Teen Pregnancy: A National Survey of Latinos
This survey provides an overview of Latino adolescents' attitudes towards sex compared to their parents.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • March 2007

One in Three: The Case for Wanted and Welcomed Pregnancy
This paper provides a an statistical overview of unwanted pregnancies in the United States.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • May 2007

Previous abortions and the risk of low birth weight and preterm births
This study uses data from the United States Collaborative Perinatal Project to determine that previous abortion is a significant risk factor for low birth weight and preterm birth.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health • 2008

Pregnancy Outcomes 2004
This report provides statistical data regarding pregnancy outcomes by age and place of residence.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Statistics Canada • October 2007

Induced Abortion Statistics 2004
This report reveals that the rate of induced abortions declined in 2004 from the previous year among all age groups except among women aged forty and over.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Statistics Canada • July 2007

Adolescent pregnancy
This article aims to address the different options available for teens before and after an unplanned pregnancy, and discusses the significant physical and psychosocial risks that adolescent pregnancy carries for youth.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Canadian Paediatric Society • April 2006

Parent Power: what Parents Need to Know and Do to Help Prevent Teen Pregnancy
This survey of 12-19 year olds in the United States revealed that while parents think teens' friends are the biggest influence over teen sexual behaviour, teens say that parents have the most sway over their sexual decisions.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • September 30, 2003

Teenage Pregnancy: Trends, Contributing Factors and the Physician's Role
This article explores Canadian teen pregnancy rates compared to other countries and suggests ways physicians can engage with teens about sexual activity, contraceptives and teen pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Canadian Medical Association • May 22, 2007

Sterilisation and Other Medical Procedures on Children A report to the Attorney-General
This paper make recommendations intended to prevent eugenic sterilization of minors, particularly disabled minors.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Attorney General of Australia • November 01, 1994

Do Teens Make Rational Choices? The Case of Nonmarital Childbearing
This paper examines factors, particularly economic ones, that influence pregnant teenagers' decisions to give birth while unmarried.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1997

Abortion in Young Women and Subsequent Mental Health
Based on findings from a 25 year longitudinal study, this paper reports an association between abortion and the risk of subsequent mental health problems in young women ages 15 to 25.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health • 2006

U.S. Teenage Pregnancy Statistics: Overall Trends, Trends by Race and Ethnicity And State-by-State Information
This paper charts trends in teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion in the US according to state and race demographics.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 19, 2004

Crisis Pregnancy and Pregnancy Decision Making: An Outline of Influencing Factors
This report examines psychological, relationship, situational, and contextual factors that place women at risk of experiencing an unwanted pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Crisis Pregnancy Agency • July 2004

Parental Consent for Abortion: How Common Sense Measures Assure Safety for Minors
In this paper the authors defend laws in the United States that require parental consent before a minor may have an abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• North Carolina Family Policy Council • August 2002

A Matter of Choice? Explaining National Variation in Teenage Abortion and Motherhood
This report explores regional variations in abortion proportions among adolescents in the United Kingdom, and investigates the effect of demographic and socioeconomic factors, service provision, and perceived and actual barriers on teenagers' decisions concerning motherhood and abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2004

A Cross-Cohort Examination of Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing
This paper examines the factors that contribute to the differences in teenage sexual activity and childbearing.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • October 2002

Abortion Decisions in the US
This paper discusses the prevalence of abortion in the United States since its legalization, the characteristics of those who choose or choose not to have an abortion, and the likelihood of subsequent childbearing among women who have had an abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Population Research Center • October 1997

Choices Leading to Teenage Births
This book examines the way in which teenagers' likelihood of having a live birth is affected by their choices about engaging in sexual activity, using contraception, and having an abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Population Research Center • July 1998

Consistency of Self-Reports of Sexual Activity Among Young Adolescents in Jamaica
This article examines self-report data in regard to adolescent sexual activity in Jamaica, and finds that this method of data collection results in inconsistent reporting, especially among boys.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 2000

Sexual Health and Canadian Youth: How Do We Measure Up?
This article looks at Canadian youth rates of STD infection, pregnancy, abortion, prevalence of sexual activity, and age at first intercourse.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality • Spring/Summer 2001

Crisis Pregnancy Agency Statistical Report 2005: Fertility and Crisis Pregnancy Indices
This report provides statistical information pertaining to fertility in Ireland, with particular attention paid to teenage pregnancy and childbearing.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Crisis Pregnancy Agency • April 2005

A League Report on Teenage Births in Rich Nations
This report provides extensive statistical information concerning teenage birth rates in the industrialized world and attempts to understand why some developed countries, such as the United States, have teenage birth rates that are dramatically higher than others.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • July 01, 2001

Youth Risk Behaviour Surveillance - United States, 2003
This article examines health-risk behaviours among youth, such as: violence, substance abuse, sexual activity, diet, and physical inactivity.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Epidemiology Program Office, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • May 21, 2004

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• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
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Recent Trends in Abortion Rates Worldwide
This article discusses how contraceptive methods, if used properly, can decrease the use of abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 01, 1999

What Influences Teenagers' Decisions About Unplanned Pregnancy?
This paper examines the social, economic and cultural factors that influence an adolescent girl's decision to either continue with an unplanned pregnancy or have an abortion.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • November 01, 2000

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1997
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1997.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Office for National Statistics • 1998

US Teenage Pregnancy Statistics With Comparative Statistics for Women Aged 20-24
This paper examines the pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates and statistics of teenage girls, and compares these number to the rates for women aged 20-24.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 19, 2004

Trends in Abortion in Texas, Trends in Abortion in Texas, 1973-2000
This document provides charts on the total number of abortions, the rates of abortion per 1000 women, and the number of abortion providers in Texas between 1973 and 2000
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • January 01, 2003

Teenage Abortion and Pregnancy Statistics by State, 1992
This paper explores trends in teenage pregnancy and birth statistics in the US, focusing on those for 1992.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1997

Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States in 2000
This article presents evidence that both abortion rates and the availability of services experienced a decline in the period from 1996 to 2000, although this decline was less substantial than in the first half of the 1990s.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 2003

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2001
This report presents statistical information regarding legal abortions in the United Kingdom for the year 2001.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Office for National Statistics • 2002

Incidence of Induced Abortion in Southern Ghana
This study examined abortion rates in southern Ghana, a country where abortion is against the law.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 2001

Fact Sheet: Teen Pregnancy, Birth and Abortion
This document provides statistics on the rates of pregnancy, child birth, and abortion among American teenagers, with results categorized according to age and race/ethnicity.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States • March 01, 2002

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 2000
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom in the year 2000.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Office for National Statistics • 2001

The Accessibility of Abortion Services in the United States, 2001
This article demonstrates that abortion services are becoming more available in the United States, particularly at very early and late stages of pregnancy.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 2003

Induced Abortion in the Developing World: Indirect Estimates
This article discusses the statistics on abortion in 21 developing countries, and aims to find the correlation between abortion and the detriments of fertility.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • September 01, 1996

Adolescent Fertility and the Educational Attainment of Young Women
This paper examines the corelation between early childbearing and educational attainment.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • February 01, 1995

Trends in Abortion in Oklahoma, 1973-2000
This document provides charts on the total number of abortions, the rates of abortion per 1000 women, and the number of abortion providers in Oklahoma between 1973 and 2000.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • January 01, 2003

Abortion Statistics: Legal Abortions Carried Out Under the 1967 Abortion Act in England and Wales, 1998
This report presents statistical information relating to legal abortions in the United Kingdom for 1998.
• Category: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Abortion
• The Office for National Statistics • 1999

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