From CNN:
Abortion Fast FactsCNN Library
Updated 1:10 PM ET, Fri June 1, 2018
Due to improvement of birth control technology, I presume?
The number of abortions in the United States increased gradually from 1973, then peaked in 1990 and has been on the decline since then.
At any rate.....with the current Bret Cavanaugh hearings going on and all the buzz about Roe v Wade getting overturned, it got me to thinking about abortion itself.
Assuming that in a perfect world, we wouldn't need to have any abortions performed....I'm interested on your thoughts on how we can reduce the number of abortions performed each year.
I realize in some cases, a woman is raped...and that is something that cannot be addressed as preventable.
We have birth control methods and also planned parenthood type organizations which disseminate educational materials and provide counseling.
I assume sex education is still taught in schools.
What else can be done to further reduce the need for abortions?
Right now (according to 2014 data in the linked webpage) there were 12.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44.
Is that about as good as we can get?
Abortion Fast FactsCNN Library
Updated 1:10 PM ET, Fri June 1, 2018
At the linked webpage above, we are at about half the number of abortions than we were in 1980.2014 Statistics:
2014 is the most recent year for which the CDC has released statistics. The reporting areas are the District of Columbia; New York City; and all 50 states.
652,639 abortions were reported in the CDC's 2014 study. The abortion rate decreased 2% compared to 2013. There were 12.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44.
91.5% of 2014 abortions were performed at the 13th week of gestation or earlier and 67% were performed at the eighth week or earlier. Among reporting areas that included medical (nonsurgical) abortion, 22.6% of all 2014 abortions were performed as early medical abortions.
Due to improvement of birth control technology, I presume?
The number of abortions in the United States increased gradually from 1973, then peaked in 1990 and has been on the decline since then.
At any rate.....with the current Bret Cavanaugh hearings going on and all the buzz about Roe v Wade getting overturned, it got me to thinking about abortion itself.
Assuming that in a perfect world, we wouldn't need to have any abortions performed....I'm interested on your thoughts on how we can reduce the number of abortions performed each year.
I realize in some cases, a woman is raped...and that is something that cannot be addressed as preventable.
We have birth control methods and also planned parenthood type organizations which disseminate educational materials and provide counseling.
I assume sex education is still taught in schools.
What else can be done to further reduce the need for abortions?
Right now (according to 2014 data in the linked webpage) there were 12.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44.
Is that about as good as we can get?