National Politics & Government Health & Safety With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions 12:23pm June 15, 2022 by Sarah McCammon New data from the Guttmacher Institute shows the number of abortions rose in 2020, reversing a decades-long trend toward declining numbers.
National Health & Safety U.S. Abortion Rate Continues Long-Term Decline In Most States 10:33am September 18, 2019 by Sarah McCammon The rate fell again in the most recent Guttmacher Institute survey, continuing a decline since 1980.
National Health & Safety U.S. Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe v. Wade 5:12pm January 17, 2017 by Sarah McCammon A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973. Add to Listen QueueListen Now