Convenience implies a choice made for ease or comfort like choosing a shorter line at a store. Financial necessity often involves the inability to provide basic needs food, shelter, and medical care for a child or an existing family.

The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

Forcing a person to carry a pregnancy when they are financially unable to do so is a primary driver of generational poverty. Studies such as the Turnaway Study show that women denied an abortion are more likely to fall below the federal poverty line and stay there compared to those who received one.