Substantial Abortion Rate Drop also among St. Joseph County Residents INDIANAPOLIS – Newly released data from the Indiana State Department of Health's (ISDH) annual abortion report shows that in 2016, there were 7,277 abortions, compared to 7,957 abortions in 2015--an...
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Louisiana’s 2016 Abortion Rates Fall for Second Straight Year
NEW ORLEANS - The number of abortions in Louisiana decreased by 4 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to preliminary figures provided to Louisiana Right to Life recently by the Louisiana Department of Health. It was the second straight year abortion numbers have...
Reflections on the Guttmacher Report, One Day Later
By Dave Andrusko Imagine you are the movers and shakers at the Guttmacher Institute. Formerly the research arm of Planned Parenthood, but now, as an “independent” think tank, your abortion statistics are treated almost reverentially, as if they came from a...
Guttmacher survey results for 2013 and for 2014 find U.S. abortions drop to well under one million
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. NRL Director of Education & Research For the first time since 1974, the number of abortions performed in the United States has dropped below one million--926,190 for 2014. Even better news, longer term, is that abortion rates and...
Media Silence: NYC Abortion Rate Is 60% of Birth Rate
By Katie Yoder Over Thanksgiving weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quietly released its latest Abortion Surveillance report for 2013. That is a year remembered by the pro-life movement for the trial and conviction of Philadelphia...
Abortion Rate in Indiana Continues to Decline Under the Pence Administration
161 fewer unborn babies killed in 2015 than in 2014 INDIANAPOLIS - A new report by the Indiana State Department of Health shows that the abortion rate continues to decline in Indiana. In 2015, there were 7,957 abortions, compared to 8,118 in 2014. Abortions have...
Louisiana Abortion Rates Drop in 2015 After Several Years of Rising Numbers
The number of abortions in Louisiana decreased by 10 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to preliminary figures provided to Louisiana Right to Life recently by the Louisiana Department of Health. There were 9,311 abortions performed in Louisiana in 2015, down from...
Abortions Drop to All-Time Low in Pennsylvania
Abortions in Pennsylvania have dropped to an all-time low as more women find access to the education and resources they need to choose life. In 2013, the number of abortions in Pennsylvania dropped by 7 percent to 32,108, according to a report from the state...
Wisconsin Success Story in Decreasing Abortions a Model for Other States
By Heather Weininger, Executive Director, Wisconsin Right to Life The long-awaited day finally arrived -- the day we look for all year long. It’s the day the Wisconsin Department of Health Services releases its “Reported Induced Abortions” in Wisconsin annual...
Mexico City : 12 abortions for every 15 births
Editor’s note. This appeared today at blog.secularprolife.org. It is a press release from the Mexican pro-life organization, TAD [Think, Action, Development], translated into English. This week marks the anniversary of legal abortion in Mexico City. The Mexican...