Abortions drop, credit Planned Parenthood?
Conservatism |
Today's Washington Post had an interesting article discussing the declines in abortion since 1976. According to their data, in 2005 there were approximately 1,200,000 abortions in the United States.
While 1,200,000 is a 9% decline from the 2000 numbers, the article seems to be missing the obvious in terms of what might have caused this drop.
In the article, Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute was quoted on some of the things that she thought were responsible for this decline:
"It could be more women using contraception and not having as many unintended pregnancies. It could be more restrictions on abortions making ...
