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Table 2 Campaigns Using the Choice Not to Terminate a Pregnancy or the Harms of Abortion as a Reason to Give

From: Crowdfunding abortion: an exploratory thematic analysis of fundraising for a stigmatized medical procedure

Thematic areas

Number of Campaigns

Average # of donors

Average # of Facebook shares

Average amount raised

Average amount requested

Amount w/ no donations

Did not have abortion despite defect/critical illness (baby)

57

37.1

317.9

$3447.19

$25,907.26

5 (8.8%)

Did not have abortion despite illness/risks (mom)

27

37.7

326.2

$2503.41

$38,225.54

5 (18.5%)

Preventing abortions/prolife justification/abortion as negative

18

68.1

521.9

$6756.16

$35,351.71

9 (50.0%)

Did not have abortion despite non-medical hardship/circumstance:

 - Family & father pressure/factors

6

5.8

24.2

$641.67

$29,225.93

5 (83.3%)

 - Age

4

3.3

35.8

$175.00

$1750.00

3 (75.0%)

 - Rape

1

265

2100

$17,606.00

$20,000.00

0 (0.0%)

 - Lack of money/unready

1

1

37

$100.00

$10,000.00

0 (0.0%)

Abortion as causing trauma in need of treatment

8

9.5

80.4

$520.31

$12,395.68

4 (50.0%)

Family planning

5

5.2

49.8

$187.74

$3359.75

3 (60.0%)

Total

127

37.6

312.1

$3252.36

$27,350.03

34 (26.8%)