Abortion in the US

According to a USA Today, CNN Gallup Poll in May,1999- 16% of Americans believe abortion should be legal for any reason at any time during pregnancy and 55% of Americans believe abortion should be legal only to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape or incest. In other words, most Americans are against abortion unless the mother has a severe reason to do it.
The majority of women who get an abortion are very young. 52% are younger than 25 years old and 19% are teenagers. The abortion rate is highest for those women aged 18 to 19. Specially, in 1992, were 56 out of 1,000 decided to proceed with abortion. (www.womenissues.about.com) Abortion is a serious issue not only because of the health risks but the phsychological trauma caused in women at an older stage in their life, as proven by some researchers.