Protection of Conscience Project Library
Service, not Servitude
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The rate of pregnancy among Canadian teenagers aged 15 to 19 has declined by about 20% since 1974 . . . However, the proportion of live births resulting from these pregnancies has decreased relative to the proportion of teenagers receiving abortions.
Buske L. Teen pregnancy rate down, abortion rate up. Can Med Assoc J. 2001;164(3):395.
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Canada’s comparative ranking in terms of the proportion of therapeutic abortions involving married women should not have been described as a rate. The point being made in the paragraph in question is that the proportion of women receiving abortions in Canada who are either married or in common-law relationships, about 25%, is not unique in international terms.
Buske L. (Correspondence) Abortion in proportion (The author responds). Can Med Assoc J. 1998;159(4):318.
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Most Canadian women who have abortions are single, but a recent Statistics Canada study indicates that more than a quarter of them (26.7%) were either married or in a common-law relationship.
Buske L. Abortion and the married woman. Can Med Assoc J. 1998;159(4):992.