{"id":230107,"date":"2020-09-05T11:10:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T16:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=230107"},"modified":"2020-09-09T13:02:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T18:02:23","slug":"fight-abortion-long-hard-press-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fight-abortion-long-hard-press-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"The fight against abortion will be long and hard, but we must press on to victory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The fight to protect humans in the womb from abortion demands great commitment from those who join this battle. It will require us to stay in the fight for the long haul to completely abolish abortion in our nation. Despite pro-abortion efforts, today, nearly 48 years after the Supreme Court forced abortion on the nation through Roe v. Wade<\/em>, abortions are at an all-time low. But as we look ahead to a possible future where abortion is unthinkable and illegal, abortion advocates face a dawning realization that their desire for unlimited abortion may not come to fruition. Because of this, the battle will intensify and pro-lifers may become weary and discouraged.<\/p>\n

But the pro-life message is resonating with hearts and minds, and we need to commit to see the battle for life through to the end.<\/p>\n

Abortion numbers are at their lowest levels since 1980<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most recent data<\/a> from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in\u00a02016 data on reported abortions revealed a\u00a050 percent drop in the United States in abortion since 1980<\/em>. According to the report, released in November 2019, 623,471 abortions were reported for 2016<\/a> to the CDC from 48 reporting areas. Using numbers from \u201ccontinuous reporting areas,\u201d the data showed that the total number of reported abortions, the abortion rate (abortions per 1,000 women aged 15\u201344 years), and the abortion ratio (abortions per 1,000 live births) all \u201creached their lowest level for the entire period of analysis (2007\u20132016).\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2017, the Guttmacher Institute\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0862,320 abortions, a decline of nearly 22%\u00a0between\u00a02010<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02017<\/a>.\u00a0The abortion ratio also declined (2010<\/a>\u00a0to 2017<\/a>).\u00a0Most strikingly, between 1990 (when abortions peaked at around 1.6 million) and 2017, there has been a 46% decline<\/strong> in the number of abortions — all while the U.S. population increased (1990<\/a> and 2017<\/a>) by nearly 30%.<\/p>\n

Dr. Michael\u00a0New<\/a>, Associate Scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), found<\/a> that\u00a0in 2017, the abortion rate was actually lower<\/em> than what it was in 1973, the year of the Roe v. Wade<\/em> decision.\u00a0The U.S. abortion rate has fallen by over 53% since it peaked in 1980.<\/p>\n