People have cited the following health-related reasons for having an abortion: concerns about their health. concerns for fetal health. drugs, tobacco or alcohol. There is a better way to debate abortion. Caution and epistemic humility can guide our approach. If Justice Samuel Alito's proposed majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health. The well-written and moving BMJ article also tellingly describes abortion as a woman's right to choose. However, evidence has consistently shown that the vast majority of women seek abortion due to a lack of financial resources 3,4. A Guttmacher Institute study reported that women cited this as a motivating introduction. In many countries, restrictive abortion laws, the inability of individuals to afford abortions in the private sector, and shortages of health professionals willing or able to perform abortions have all contributed to insufficient access to safe abortion services. Even when abortion is legal, social norms and attitudes are often, the abortion rate in India, women -44, higher than the world average, but a, of. In India, abortions take place outside health facilities every year. The United Nations Population Fund's world population report, Seeing the Unseen, has been released.