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Abortion Rates Fall to Their Lowest Points in Over 30 Years

Rate has dropped almost continuously since 1980

The CDC is reporting that the abortion rate dropped another 3 percent in 2010, the latest year for which we have statistics.  That follows a 5 percent drop in 2009.  Life News reports that "The new report shows the abortion rate has fallen to its lowest point in over 30 years. The new (CDC) report said: 'The abortion rate was the lowest recorded during the 1976–2009 period and has dropped almost continuously since 1980. The abortion rate in 2009 (18.5) was 32% lower than in 1990 (27.4). The 2009 abortion rate for teenagers (16.6 per 1,000) was less than one-half the rate in 1991 (37.4) and 1990 (40.3).'"

The number of standalone abortion clinics is way down with 47 abortion clinics having already closed this year.  More good news is that there are fewer and fewer doctors to take the place of the aging fleet of abortionists, a substantial number of whom are past the age of retirement.  This is news that everyone welcomes except, of course, radical abortion advocates who oppose almost every abortion limitation and safety measure and who didn’t lift a finger to stop the notorious abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who killed two women, aborted babies alive to kill them and operated in squalid conditions that would have forced closure of a dog pound.

The dramatically declining rate of abortion has led to a 25 percent reduction in abortions even as our population has increased by 25 percent since the number of abortions peaked in 1990 at 1.6 million abortions.  While 1.1 or 1.2 million yearly abortions of unborn baby boys and baby girls is unconscionable, if the abortion rate had stayed consistent with our population growth, there would be 2 million abortions every year, or 800,000 more.  Some believe that if the abortion rate had continued its post Roe rise that there might have been 3 million or more abortions a year.  1.2 million abortions is unconscionable, but millions of lives have been saved as the abortion rate has been lowered.

This is another piece of evidence to show that the pro-life cause is advancing and that our hard and patient work is paying off as we also work to elect pro-life presidents who will appoint justices with hearts of flesh to the Supreme Court, so we can one day overturn Roe.   

Thanks to all of you who have faithfully supported our efforts in Nevada.  In the last three legislative sessions in Nevada, we have stopped legislation to advance abortion through your support and efforts.  Please click here to read the rest of the good news from Life News founder and editor in chief, Steven Ertelt.