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Article: ABORTION RATES AT 2-DECADE LOW.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- January 15, 2003
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Byline: Rosie Mestel Los Angeles Times
Abortion rates are at their lowest level since 1974, according to a new U.S. survey, continuing a 20-year decline that some experts attribute to increased contraceptive use, and more recently, the availability of more contraceptive options, such as the morning-after pill.
A total of 1.31 million abortions were performed in the United States in the year 2000, the study found -- a rate of 21.3 abortions per 1,000 women aged between 15 and 44.
This number is significantly reduced from the country's peak abortion rate in 1980 and 1981 of 29.3 abortions per 1,000 women.
The study, published in the ...