CDC Abortion Data Reveals Small Uptick in 2006, but Overall Decline over Past Decade
By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has released its latest available figures on abortion submitted to the federal agency, which shows an overall decrease in the number of abortions for the ten years between 1997 and 2006, but with a small uptick in abortion rates and ratios between 2005 and 2006, which CDC analysts believe may be attributable to an accompanying rise in fertility rates. While the CDC report provides an analysis of trends in abortion patterns, it qualifies that its data reflects approximately 65 to 69 percent […]
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