Abortions in young girls are not uncommon, about 4% of abortions in the U.S. are in minors, according to data.
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The institute gathers its data by conducting a census of all known abortion providers in the U.S. every few years, but its most recent publicly released national data is from 2017. The Guttmacher data shows that abortions among people between the ages of 15 and 17 account for 3.4% of abortions in the U.S and abortions among people under the age of 15 account for 0.2% of abortions in the U.S.
McHugh works at three abortion clinics, and said just one of those clinics saw 400 patients last month. She said the two other clinics each see between 300 and 350 patients, per month. "We've seen more people have younger ages, but we've just seen more people in general," McHugh said, speaking of patients she has seen after Roe was overturned.
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