Harper Cynthia C, Henderson Jillian T, Darney Philip D
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA.
Annu Rev Public Health. 2005;26:501-12. doi: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.26.021304.144351.
Abortion is an extremely safe and common medical procedure. In the United States, over one million women had an abortion in the year 2000. Advances in early abortion techniques have helped to increase the proportion of early procedures, the safest type. Abortion rates have been declining since the early nineties among adults and adolescents, but rates among poor, minority women remain high. State restrictions to abortion have a larger impact on poor women and young women. Restrictions and regulations have also resulted in the concentration of abortion services in specialized clinics. These clinics are subject to harassment. The expansion of abortion services to more types of providers could increase access, as well as integrate abortion into women's health care.
堕胎是一种极其安全且常见的医疗程序。在美国，2000年有超过100万妇女进行了堕胎。早期堕胎技术的进步有助于提高早期堕胎程序（最安全的类型）的比例。自90年代初以来，成年人和青少年的堕胎率一直在下降，但贫困、少数族裔妇女的堕胎率仍然很高。各州对堕胎的限制对贫困妇女和年轻妇女的影响更大。限制和规定还导致堕胎服务集中在专门的诊所。这些诊所受到骚扰。将堕胎服务扩展到更多类型的提供者可以增加可及性，并将堕胎纳入妇女的医疗保健之中。
