Study: Most women can get abortion within one week

Published August 11, 2016 3:20pm ET



Three in four women are able to obtain an abortion within one week of calling to make an appointment, according to a new study from the Guttmacher Institute.

When researchers looked at how many woman face delays in getting an abortion, they found that an average of 7.6 days elapsed between the time a patient called to schedule the procedure and when the procedure occurred.

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