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Title: The public health impact of legal abortion: 30 years later. (Comment).
Author: Willard, Jr. Cates
Publication: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Volume: 35 Issue: 1 Page: 25(4)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Before the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, data on abortion in the United States were scarce. In 1955, experts had estimated, on the basis of qualitative assumptions, that 200,000-1,200,000 illegal abortions were performed each year. (1) Despite its wide range, this estimate remained the most reliable indicator of the magnitude of induced abortion for many years. In 1967, researchers confirmed this estimate by extrapolating data from a randomized-response survey conducted in North Carolina: They concluded that a total of 800,000 induced (mostly illegal) abortions were performed nationally each year. (2)
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