The two-decade steep decline in national abortion rate in the United States came to an end in 2008, according to the Guttmacher Institute, reports LifeSiteNews.com. According to the abortion statistics firm, the rate of abortion stopped declining between 2005 and 2008, the year that marked the start of the greatest U.S. economic recession since the Great Depression. The 2008 rate was 19.6 abortions per 1000 women between the ages of 15 – 44. The total number of abortions was 1,212,400. This marks an increase of 6,000 abortions from 2005, when the rate was 19.4 abortions per 1000 women. To read the full story, click here.
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