Abortion rate is down, but report cites racial disparity
Friday, September 26, 2008 - 07:35
in Health & Medicine
The decline has been far more dramatic for whites than for blacks and Latinas. Although the overall U.S. abortion rate is at its lowest level since 1974, the drop has been far more dramatic for whites than for African Americans, who in 2004 had abortions at five times the rate of white women, according to a report released Monday.