According to the discussion of miscarriages and abortion in Chapter 9,
a. women who smoke cigarettes when they are pregnant are about twice as likely as nonsmokers to have a miscarriage.
b. the abortion rate for US adolescents is lower than for most European adolescents.
c. in countries where abortion is illegal, women seldom die from an abortion.
d. in the United States, a woman is more likely to die from an abortion than from childbirth.
Question 2
Before the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, approximately
a. 1,000 women died each year from abortions.
b. 10,000 women died each year from abortions.
c. 20,000 abortions were performed each year
d. 2 million abortions were performed each year.
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