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ABORTION STATISTICS — United States Data & Trends

Jan 28, 2016

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After reaching a high of over 1.6 million in 1990, the number of abortions performed annually in the U.S. have dropped to around 1.06 million a year.

Two independent sources confirm a downward trend: the government’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Guttmacher Institute (GI), which was once a special research affiliate of abortion chain Planned Parenthood.

The CDC ordinarily develops its annual report on the basis of data received from central health agencies (the 50 states plus New York City and the District of Columbia).GI gets its numbers from direct surveys of abortionists conducted every few years.

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