The US abortion rate has dropped to its lowest point since legalization in 1973

Teasing out the facts 

in the latest abortion report

by Priscilla Coleman

US rates have hit a 40-year low, but not because of restrictive laws,

 says the Guttmacher Institute. Does that make sense? The take-home message from this article is that abortion rates are declining and that there is a strong possibility that the enactment of pro-woman, pro-life laws are at least partly responsible.

According to the results of a new study just released by Guttmacher Institute researchers, Jones and Jerman, the US abortion rate has dropped to its lowest point since legalization in 1973. The study was published in the Guttmacher’s in-house journal, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Many are asking: Is it true abortions are on the decline in the US? Why are they declining? Should we believe the Guttmacher researchers’ results and conclusions?

Based on the information provided in their report, the data gathered is reasonably trustworthy. The authors were able to secure 86 percent of their data directly from abortion providers (up from 82 percent in 2008) and they went to great lengths to create as accurate as possible estimates. However many of the conclusions drawn are quite inappropriate, as they are not consistent with the data reported and/or involve inferences that are likely politically motivated, as opposed to being data-based.

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