U.S. Abortion Price Drops to Lowest in A long time
The variety of abortions in america in 2014 was the bottom since 1974, a brand new examine says.
There have been 926,200 abortions in 2014, a 12.5 p.c drop from 1.06 million abortions in 2011, based on the examine launched Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, a analysis group that helps abortion rights, the Related Press reported.
Solely six states had will increase in abortions between 2011 and 2014.
Nationwide, the abortion charge in 2014 was 14.6 abortions per 1,000 girls aged 15-44, the bottom charge since abortion was legalized within the U.S. in 1973. Abortions reached a peak of 1.6 million in 1990 and there was a lower since then, the AP reported.
The very best abortion charges in 2014 have been within the District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Florida, and the bottom charges have been in Wyoming, Mississippi and South Dakota. These states had just one abortion clinic working in 2014.
The examine additionally mentioned there was a 6 p.c decline within the variety of abortion clinics nationwide, from 839 in 2011 to 788 in 2014, the AP reported.
The examine authors mentioned two primary elements possible drove the decline in abortions nationwide lately -- elevated availability of inexpensive, long-lasting contraceptives and tighter abortion restrictions in lots of states.
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