Low-Income Women Often Can't Get An Abortion Because It Takes Too Long To Save Up The Money For It | ThinkProgress

Low-Income Women Often Can't Get An Abortion Because It Takes Too Long To Save Up The Money For It | ThinkProgress: More than 4,000 U.S. women were denied abortions in 2008 because they had surpassed the gestational age limit for the legal procedure, according to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health. Those women — who ultimately carried unwanted pregnancies to term — were forced to delay their abortions because they needed to save up money, either to pay for the procedure itself or to fund their travel to a clinic.