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Strauss, Lilo T., et al. "Abortion Surveillance --- United States, 2001." //Centers for Disease Control and Prevention// (2004): Web. 20 Aug. 2012. .

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 * During 1973--1997, data were received from or estimated for 52 reporting areas in the United States: 50 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City.
 * Abortion would be banned if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned.
 * The use of telemedicine for the performance of medication abortion is prohibited.
 * Public funding is available for abortion only in cases of life endangerment.
 * A woman must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage her from having an abortion and then wait 24 hours before the procedure is provided.
 * 31% of births in 1995 were reported as unintended at conception; 21% were considered mistimed, and 10% were considered unwanted
 * HIPAA provisions mandate adoption of federal privacy protections for certain individually identifiable health information.
 * The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress in 1996 to facilitate the electronic transfer of health data relating primarily to insurance coverage and transferability
 * During 1990--1997, the number of legal induced abortions gradually declined. When the same 48 reporting areas are compared, the number of abortions decreased during 1996--2001.
 * Of all abortions for which gestational age was reported, 59% were performed at __<__8 weeks' gestation and 88% at <13 weeks. From 1992 (when detailed data regarding early abortions were first collected) through 2001, steady increases have occurred in the percentage of abortions performed at __<__6 weeks' gestation.
 * The highest percentages of reported abortions were for women who were unmarried (82%), white (55%) and aged <25 years (52%).
 * A total of 853,485 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC for 2001 from 49 reporting areas, representing a 0.5% decrease from the 857,475 legal induced abortions reported by the same 49 reporting areas for 2000.
 * In 2000 and 2001, Oklahoma again reported these data, increasing the number of reporting areas to 49.
 * In 1998 and 1999, CDC compiled abortion data from 48 reporting areas. Alaska, California, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma did not report, and data for these states were not estimated
 * CDC began abortion surveillance in 1969 to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions.