This article actually concedes that there are health concerns. The abortion rate in NY is more then twice the national average.
High abortion rate worries NY experts - Crain's New York Business
In most of the United States, 24 abortions are carried out for every 100 live births. In New York, 72 abortions occur for every 100 live births.
The continuing boom in abortions—90,157 were performed in the city in 2006, the last year for which statistics are available—apparently means that many women are using abortion as their birth control method of choice. That concerns health advocates, who point out that the procedure sometimes causes complications and is more expensive than contraception. The high rate also shows that these women are not protected against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Crain's is a business newspaper, so naturally they have to mention the cost factor!
...In a time of fiscal constraints, abortion is costing the state at least $16 million in Medicaid spending annually, and city taxpayers still more through a city Health and Hospitals Corp. policy that provides free abortions to poor women at its facilities. The surgical costs alone are between $1,000 and $1,800 per abortion, compared with the $425 average annual cost for birth control pills.
But the biggest concern over the high abortion rate is the impact it is having on women's health.
Most health experts agree that it is wise to keep abortion safe, legal and available in New York, but some are also concerned that too many women are not using other methods to prevent unwanted births.
Surgical abortion always carries risks, though slight, of complications—including ones that can tear or scar the uterus and compromise a woman's ability to have healthy children in the future, Dr. Hoskins says.
There is an ongoing debate about the emotional consequences of abortion. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Health says that no studies have shown it damages women psychologically. Dr. Hoskins and others interviewed disagree and offer anecdotes about patients who felt guilt and regret.
... Then there is the issue of spreading sexually transmitted diseases. Dr. Robert Fullilove, a Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researcher and expert on STD prevention, is concerned that the high abortion figures are a sign that women in the city are putting themselves at risk of catching AIDS or other diseases.
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