What is the race/ethnicity of women having abortions?
According to the Guttmacher Institute, abortion breaks down along racial/ethnic lines as follows:
White: 39%
Hispanic: 25%
Black: 28%
Other: 9%
While blacks and Hispanics comprise only 32% of the population, they account for nearly 53% of all abortions. A black baby is four times as likely to be aborted as a white baby; a Hispanic baby is nearly twice as likely to be aborted than a white baby.
Sources:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Abortion Surveillance—United States, 2015.” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Surveillance Summaries 67, no. 13. (November 23, 2018). https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/ss/pdfs/ss6713a1-H.pdf.
U.S. Census Bureau. “Quick Facts.” July 1, 2018. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219.
