1 in 6 Americans Involved in Abortion, Study Says
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1 in 6 Americans Involved in Abortion, Study Says
A University of Chicago study shows that one in six Americans have been involved in a pregnancy that ended in abortion.
The study also found that women are more likely to abort their first pregnancy or a later pregnancy than are women in their 20s and 30s. Teens whose parents are more educated are more likely to abort, and women who have one abortion are more likely to have a second, although the majority of women have only one abortion.
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Texas Man Accused of Murdering Pregnant Teen
A Texas man charged with killing a pregnant 15-year-old did so because he didn’t want her to have the baby, police say.
Shannon Meshack, 25, has been charged with murdering Teshibra Bell, but can’t be charged with killing her unborn child because a law allowing such charges won’t take effect until Sept. 1.
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Man on Trial for Killing Pregnant Stepdaughter
A man on trial in Wales for the death of his stepdaughter killed her because she was pregnant and refused to have an abortion, according to trial testimony.
Michael Baldwin’s cellmate testified that Baldwin told him he hit his stepdaughter, Jenna Baldwin, and broke her neck after she refused to have an abortion. Baldwin claims that Jenna fell down the stairs and that panic drove him to secretly bury her body.
