The number of murders fell 19% between 2011 and 2017.
WASHINGTON — The abortion rate in the United States hit a 46-year low in 2017, a drop experienced in both conservative-led states that have restricted the procedure and liberal-led states that have expanded access, according to a report released Wednesday by a research group that supports abortion rights.
Expanded access to abortion leads to fewer abortions.
And limiting access to abortion leads to fewer abortions.
So the number of abortions isn’t about access.
The nationwide rate dropped to 13.5 abortions per 1,000 girls and women ages 15 through 44 in 2017, from 16.9 abortions per 1,000 women in 2011, a decline of 20 percent, according to data analyzed by the Guttmacher Institute, which conducts a survey of abortion providers that is widely used by both sides of the debate. The drop continues a decades-long trend in declining abortion rates.
The number of abortions murders fell by 19 percent, to 862,000 between 2011 and 2017.
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