Table 3.

Percentage of women citing each reason for seeking an abortion, various countries and years

	Sweden, 2009	United States, 2004	United States, 2008–2010
Wants to postpone childbearing	–	27	–
Wants no (more) children	21	47	–
Not financially prepared	32	56	40
Interferes with future opportunities (education, work)	–	54	20
Partner-related	32	55	31
Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy	1	25	–
Risk to maternal health	8	11	–
Risk to fetal health	1	11	–
Risk to maternal/fetal health	–	–	12
Not the right time for a baby	60	–	36
Need to focus on other children	–	–	29
Not emotionally or mentally prepared	–	–	19
Want a better life for the baby than she could provide	–	–	12
Not independent or mature enough for a baby	–	–	7
Influences from family or friends	–	–	5
Don’t want a baby or place baby for adoption	–	–	4
Other	1	25	1
N	773	1160	954

Note: Women may report more than one reason.

– = Not applicable. Response option not given.