women by age 45 will have at least one abortion.11 The most common age of women who have abortions is between 20 and 29. Protestants obtain 37 percent of abortions, Catholics 28 percent. Pro-choice researchers point out, “While the Catholic Church has strong proscriptions against abortion, the relative abortion rate for Catholic women was no different from that for all women.”12 However, these sources do not describe how frequently the women surveyed attend religious services, and so they may identify with these religious groups but not fully believe what the groups teach as doctrine. 3. Why
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