Title: Study: African-American teen abortion rates reach twice national average | The Daily Caller
Headings: Study: African-American teen abortion rates reach twice national average
Study: African-American teen abortion rates reach twice national average
Content: Another study shows that the number has been nearly halved since the recorded high of 80 per 1,000 in 1990. But the percentage of pregnancies that result in abortion among black teenagers has stayed nearly the same, with a 42 percent ratio in 1990, and a 40 percent ratio in 2008. Another recent study, also from the Guttmacher Institute, revealed that black women account for 30 percent of all abortions, despite African-Americans making up only 13 percent of the total population. Rachel Jones, a senior research associate at the Guttmacher Institute, said that there has not been a study that has found the direct cause for the high abortion rate among black teenagers. “There’s no definitive research that’s actually been able to answer that question. We just do know that African-American women, including African-American teenagers, just have more pregnancies,” Jones stated. Jones indicated that poverty and a lack of attention given teenagers at high risk for teen pregnancy could be potential causes for the high abortion rates among African-American teens. The figures that were analyzed by the Guttmacher Institute are from the year 2008, which is the most recently available data.