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*"Circuit riders" who travel, often from state to state, to perform abortions at [[abortion facilities|freestanding facilities]]

*"Circuit riders" who travel, often from state to state, to perform abortions at [[abortion facilities|freestanding facilities]]

The first category is rare, though it is difficult to estimate how rare. Ninety percent of abortions are performed in freestanding outpatient facilities dedicated to abortion,<ref name="newproviders">[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/magazine/18abortion-t.html Emily Bazelon, "The New Abortion Providers", ''New York Times'', July 14, 2010]</ref> but how many of the remaining 10% are performed on patients with whom the doctor has an existing relationship, versus how many are performed by abortion specialists, is unclear.

The first category is rare, though it is difficult to estimate how rare. Ninety percent of abortions are performed in freestanding outpatient facilities dedicated to abortion,<ref name="newproviders">[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/magazine/18abortion-t.html Emily Bazelon, "The New Abortion Providers", ''New York Times'', July 14, 2010]</ref> but how many of the remaining 10% are performed on patients with whom the doctor has an existing relationship, versus how many are performed by abortion specialists, is unclear.

==Demographics==

==Demographics==

*Canadian abortionist Garson "Gary" Romalis credits seeing women suffer and die from [[illegal abortion|criminal and self-induced abortions]] as his motivation for performing abortions legally and therefore, presumably, safely.<ref>[http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=283931 "Why I am an abortion doctor", ''National Post'', February 3, 2008]</ref>

*Canadian abortionist Garson "Gary" Romalis credits seeing women suffer and die from [[illegal abortion|criminal and self-induced abortions]] as his motivation for performing abortions legally and therefore, presumably, safely.<ref>[http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=283931 "Why I am an abortion doctor", ''National Post'', February 3, 2008]</ref>

*Notorious [[Kansas]] [[late term abortion|late-term abortionist]] [[George Tiller]] reported mixed motives: honoring the memory of his late father, who had done abortions in his own practice, and the oft-cited motive of wanting to spare women injury or death from criminal abortions.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tiller#Background George Tiller at Wikipedia]</ref>

*Notorious [[Kansas]] [[late term abortion|late-term abortionist]] [[George Tiller]] reported mixed motives: honoring the memory of his late father, who had done abortions in his own practice, and the oft-cited motive of wanting to spare women injury or death from criminal abortions.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Tiller#Background George Tiller at Wikipedia]</ref>

*Abortionist [[Martin Haskell]], who popularized D&X (or "[[partial birth abortion]]"), did an internship in [[anesthesia]], and intended to go into [[emergency medicine]]. But, he said, he didn't think that would leave room for him to make a name for himself professionally. After taking a part-time job in an [[abortion facility|abortion clinic]], he thought he could make significant improvements in how abortion was practiced, and thus shifted his focus.<ref>"http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/fetal_pain/Haskell%20Cincinnati%20Medicine.pdf", ''Cincinnati Medicine'', Fall 1993</ref>

*Abortionist [[Martin Haskell]], who popularized D&X (or "[[partial birth abortion]]"), did an internship in [[anesthesia]], and intended to go into [[emergency medicine]]. But, he said, he didn't think that would leave room for him to make a name for himself professionally. After taking a part-time job in an [[abortion facility|abortion clinic]], he thought he could make significant improvements in how abortion was practiced, and thus shifted his focus.<ref>"http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/fetal_pain/Haskell%20Cincinnati%20Medicine.pdf", ''Cincinnati Medicine'', Fall 1993</ref>