A quick look at abortion trends in Pennsylvania

| 15 Jun 2015 | 02:49

By The Associated Press
Some facts about abortion in Pennsylvania:

The number of abortions performed in the state declined steadily in recent years, from 36,778 in 2010 to 32,108 in 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

The 2013 total was the smallest on record in Pennsylvania, fewer than half of the 65,777 abortions performed when the number peaked in 1980.

Eighteen clinics and 22 hospitals performed abortions in 2013.

Throughout the four-year period, women between 20 and 24 made up the largest age group of women who terminated their pregnancies, about 35 percent. Teenagers 17 and younger accounted for less than 5 percent.

More than 50 percent of the women who had abortions during the four-year period were white, more than 40 percent were black and fewer than 10 percent were of Hispanic origin.

Unmarried women made up nearly 90 percent of the women who terminated their pregnancies.

At least 95 percent of women who had abortions in the state were Pennsylvania residents.

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Health's annual Abortion Statistics report.