[Hoot Gibson]

So you are saying that unpregnant women can be figured into the abortion rate?

Certainly, it is done all the time. Such statistics are also commonly given in a "per x women of child bearing age." Why do you find that odd? I am sure that you can probably find abortion statistics that are on a "abortions per 1000 pregnancies" or "abortions per live birth" basis, but I think that it is more common to use either adult women or adult women of child bearing age for both birth and abortion stats. What difference does it make as long as the basis of the statistics is clearly stated?