2003 Abortion Surveillance Report
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:39:00 -0600
This podcast provides a summary of the latest CDC Abortion Surveillance Report. It is the one of two podcasts available on this topic. The report is prepared annually by CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health. Additional information on this CDC Surveillance System is available at http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth.
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