The latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that reported abortions in the United States continue to decline.
In a Nov. 29 report the CDC said the total number of abortions in the U.S. fell by more than 13,000 from 2015 to 2016. In 2016, the latest year for which data is available, 623,471 abortions were performed.
That 2% drop matched a 2% decrease in the abortion rate to 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years, according to the CDC, which also reported that women in their 20s had 59% of the abortions in 2016; about 57% of the women who chose abortion had the procedure for the first time; and the number of chemical/medical abortions before 9 weeks’ gestation has doubled since 2007. (BP)
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