U.S. recession linked to more abortions, vasectomies

There is a war going on, and this is part of it indeed.  The  reprobate wax worse and worse…

The pregnancy was unexpected, and for one 32-year-old single mother in Syracuse, New York, the ailing economy became a factor in her decision to have an abortion.

“More so now that we are in a recession … I felt I had to go through with the procedure because I cannot afford another child,” said the woman, a registered nurse who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was worried about job security.

“People say, ‘You’re a nurse, you’ll always have a job.’ I think it’s not as true as people think it is.”

The recession may be a factor influencing more Americans to opt out of parenthood with abortions and vasectomies, although there is no data available yet to suggest a trend

Even so, there is some anecdotal evidence that would-be parents are factoring the rough economic times into the most personal of reproductive choices, some experts said.

In 2005, the last year for which data is available, the U.S. abortion rate fell to the lowest level since 1974, according to the Guttmacher Institute in New York, a nonprofit group focusing on reproductive issues.

But at the National Abortion Federation, a hotline for women seeking abortion information has been “ringing off the hook,” according to the group’s president, Vicki Saporta.

“We are currently getting more calls from women who report that they or their partner have recently lost their job, and we are also hearing from more women facing eviction,” she said.

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