{"id":158783,"date":"2016-12-21T16:49:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T21:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=158783"},"modified":"2016-12-21T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T22:12:44","slug":"riches-to-rags-the-biggest-abortion-expansion-plan-in-decades-lies-in-rubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/riches-to-rags-the-biggest-abortion-expansion-plan-in-decades-lies-in-rubble\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOSED: 31 abortion facilities shut down in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An new\u00a0Operation Rescue report<\/a> shows that 2016, poised to be the biggest expansion of abortion in decades, actually ended up being the abortion industry’s biggest failure in decades.<\/p>\n

The report notes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Operation Rescue has completed its annual survey of abortion facilities in America and found that after all the dust had settled on a very active year, there was no net gain<\/strong> in surgical abortion facilities over 2015 numbers, which remains at 517 facilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The number of surgical abortion facilities has decreased by 27% since 2009<\/strong>, the year Operation Rescue first began to document the number and location of abortion facilities in the U.S. Since 1991, when there were a high of 2,176 open surgical abortion facilities, those clinics have decreased in number by 76%.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In another surprise for the abortion industry, the FDA’s r<\/a>elaxed regulations<\/a> on RU-486, the abortion pill, did not turn into the amazing business success Planned Parenthood and others had hoped for. The New York Times reported<\/a> that medication abortions had risen and, “Planned Parenthood said as many as half of eligible women in its clinics requested medication-induced abortions.” The new regulations allowed women to take the pill farther into pregnancy, and at lower doses. Many expected this would cause a rise in medication abortion facilities. It did rise. By one.<\/p>\n