{"id":227344,"date":"2020-07-15T10:42:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=227344"},"modified":"2020-08-02T16:18:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T21:18:11","slug":"abortions-minnesota-drop-near-record-low-second-year-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortions-minnesota-drop-near-record-low-second-year-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortions in Minnesota drop to near-record low for second consecutive year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/abortions-in-minnesota-again-fall-below-10-000\/571592782\/?refresh=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second consecutive year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the number of abortions in Minnesota fell below 10,000. This is a near-record low for the North Star State. With 9,922 abortions occurring in 2019, an annual report from the Minnesota Department of Health noted a general decline in abortions in the state that has been taking place for nearly 40 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of nonresidents who received abortions in Minnesota appears to have decreased as well. While in 2018, nonresidents accounted for more than 10% of abortions in the state, jumping by more than 1,000 over the previous year, 2019 saw a significant dip. With most of the patients coming from Wisconsin, the 888 nonresidents who had abortions last year were below the numbers from 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Younger women accounted for a fraction of the total of women who sought abortions. In most cases, the women who had abortions in 2019 ranged from 20 to 39 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an indication of the importance of having access to birth control,&#8221; claimed Lauren Gilchrist, an executive vice president for the Planned Parenthood North Central States chapter.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gilchrist and Planned Parenthood leaders in the state believe access to affordable contraception is responsible for a decline in abortion rates. However, the group\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccl.org\/overview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> disagrees. Instead, the pro-life organization has noted how the abortion rate fell from 2006 to 2013, and the group credits their efforts with helping the numbers to remain steady.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the life-affirming work of pregnancy resource centers, MCCL educates the public about abortion and actively lobbies for pro-life legislation. One of the laws MCCL credits with leading to a decline in abortions is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccl.org\/womans-right-to-know#:~:text=Minnesota's%20Woman's%20Right%20to%20Know,surgical%20or%20chemical%20abortion%20procedure.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Woman\u2019s Right to Know Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Enacted in 2003, this law requires that a woman seeking an abortion must be given information about abortion risks, about her child\u2019s gestational age, and about her right to medical assistance benefits and child support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/extreme-lawsuit-unrestricted-abortion-minnesota\/\">\u2018Extreme\u2019 lawsuit would open door to unrestricted abortion in Minnesota<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Planned Parenthood continues to inflate abortion numbers in Minnesota despite a long-term pro-life trend,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccl.org\/post\/minnesota-abortions-level-off-in-2019-as-planned-parenthood-continues-to-grow-numbers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Scott Fischbach, executive director of MCCL. &#8220;Nevertheless, pro-life efforts are supporting women and saving unborn lives. Pregnancy care centers, pro-life education, pro-life laws like Woman&#8217;s Right to Know and Positive Alternatives\u2014all of these are making a difference.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also important to note: from the first year <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/abortion-reporting-minnesota-2018\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minnesota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> enacted its abortion reporting law in 1998 to 2018, abortions had fallen by 31%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Michael New at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/top-everything-else-contraception-mandates-dont-work\/\">Charlotte Lozier Institute<\/a> has refuted Planned Parenthood\u2019s claims that contraception coverage within the Affordable Care Act prevents abortions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Not only do contraceptive mandates fail to reduce unintended pregnancies, they fail to lower the rates of abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Gilchrist has pledged to continue engaging in an \u201congoing fight not just to protect legal abortion but access to affordable contraception.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the number of abortions in Minnesota decline, a lawsuit is currently taking place in the Ramsey District Court seeking to strike down several abortion restrictions, such as informed consent and abortion reporting laws.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second consecutive year, the number of abortions in Minnesota fell below 10,000. 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