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Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976 From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Thu Jan 17 13:40:08 2008 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Richard Chudacoff: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Previous message: Janice Lowman: "Re: Coding-ER visit" In reply to: Dean Huffman .: "Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Next in thread: Richard Chudacoff: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Reply: Richard Chudacoff: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Reply: Small, Jennifer: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" It's Bush's fault. Art At Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Dean Huffman . wrote: > >.. > >Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976, survey >indicates. > >In a front-page article, the Washington Post (1/17, A1, Stein) reports that, >according to survey data that will be published in the March issue of the >journal Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, the "number of >abortions performed in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005 -- the >lowest level since 1976." Among women aged 15 to 44, the number of abortions >"declined from 1.3 million in 2000 to 1.2 million in 2005, an eight percent >drop that continued a trend that began in 1990, when the number of abortions >peaked at more than 1.6 million." These data are based on "a survey, conducted >regularly since the 1970s, of all abortion providers known to the Guttmacher >Institute," which included "1,787 providers." The survey "did not identify >reasons for the drop in abortions," but the "trend was welcomed by both >abortion opponents and abortion rights advocates." > >Advocates for abortion rights "suggested [that] women may be avoiding unwanted >pregnancies, thanks in part to the morning-after pill," an "emergency >contraception that is sold without a prescription to women 18 and older," the >Los Angeles Times (1/17, Simon) adds. > >But, a right-to-life advocacy group maintains that some "women are choosing to >go forward with their pregnancies because they're 'better informed' -- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton Next message: Richard Chudacoff: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Previous message: Janice Lowman: "Re: Coding-ER visit" In reply to: Dean Huffman .: "Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Next in thread: Richard Chudacoff: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Reply: Richard Chudacoff: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976" Reply: Small, Jennifer: "Re: Number of U.S. abortions in 2005 dropped to lowest level since 1976"

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