Summary: The Educational Benefits Of Abortion
Economic changes often have a great impact on whether or not the parents of the child go through with the abortion process or not. Often times in research studies, the differences between the educational benefits of getting an abortion or not are considered. In one study, it was found:
Relative to women who either had had an abortion or had not become pregnant by age 21, those who had been pregnant but not sought an abortion tended to come from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds (Table 2, page 10). They had significantly lower intelligence scores and levels of educational achievement in childhood, and were significantly more likely to leave school without educational qualifications. (Fergusson, David M., L. John Horwood,
Relative to women who either had had an abortion or had not become pregnant by age 21, those who had been pregnant but not sought an abortion tended to come from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds (Table 2, page 10). They had significantly lower intelligence scores and levels of educational achievement in childhood, and were significantly more likely to leave school without educational qualifications. (Fergusson, David M., L. John Horwood,