-- those who were in their 20s, cohabiting, black or poor -- were overrepresented among abortion patients. Eric Anthony Grollman is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Indiana University. Eric's research interests lie in medical sociology, social psychology, sexualities, and race/gender/class. You can see his personal blog at http://egrollman.com. More posts by this author  Comments Candy Sadly, I'm not surprised. If only these women would take the time to use birth control responsibly the abortionists would be out of business. There are infertile women who would give anything to have a child and women who've had miscarriages and grieve for their loss. These women who have abortions are literally throwing away their babies. Nikita It's definitely a very hard choice to make. The "Abortionists" as you have called them, however, do not make much money by performing abortions. Mostly, they are gynecologists and other medical professionals who include providing abortions as one of their practices. And often, their clinics are short on funds because there is so much controversy over the issue. This puts women's health care at risk. Also, there are MANY instances when a woman may not have the choice to use birth control. If she is raped, or if a birth control method fails, pregnancy can and does happen. Unfortunately, many women do not even have adequate knowledge about birth control methods or access to such methods. I know personally I cannot use any of the hormonal birth control options (because I get migraines with aura, and