11 Facts about Reproductive Rights

Almost half of all pregnancies are unintended, and 40% of these pregnancies end in abortion.
For women choosing abortion, 50% are under age 25. Teenagers account for 19%, and women 20-24 account for 33%.
The morning-after pill is not an abortion pill. Instead, it’s a drug that can prevent ovulation, fertilization, or attachment of a fertilized egg to the uterus.
Only two states currently require parental consent for contraceptive services in state-funded family planning programs.
When polled, only 20% of teens who are sexually active and whose parents do not know they obtain contraceptive services said that they would continue to have sex without contraceptives – if the law required that their parents be notified of their visit.
In 2001, 77% of people polled supported legislation that would require health insurance companies to cover contraception, but only half of employer-provided health insurance plans currently include contraceptive coverage.
In a number of states, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and courts have determined that refusal to provide contraceptive coverage (which is primarily prescribed for and purchased by women) is sex discrimination.
Medicaid recipients, on the federal government plan, receive pregnancy-related care but not family planning services.
Twenty states have introduced legislation to allow pharmacists to deny prescriptions for contraception because of their personal beliefs.
In most states, immigrants who have been in the United States for less than five years – regardless of their legal status – are denied Medicaid coverage for essential reproductive health care, such as prenatal care, despite the fact that they pay taxes and contribute to the economy.
In April 2005, the House passed the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, which severely restricts a young woman’s ability to obtain an abortion outside of her home state, with or without her parents’ knowledge, and criminalizes anyone besides her parents who helps her including other family members, and doctors. It is currently still under review in the Senate.