{"id":270145,"date":"2022-06-15T10:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T15:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=270145"},"modified":"2022-07-06T18:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:58:30","slug":"guttmacher-abortion-spike-2020-pregnancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/guttmacher-abortion-spike-2020-pregnancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Guttmacher report: Abortion numbers spike in 2020, as 1 in 5 pregnancies end in abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Data just\u00a0released<\/a>\u00a0by the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute reports on the end of a long-term decline in abortions in the United States. According to Guttmacher, since the group’s last report issued in 2017<\/a>, abortions have increased by nearly eight percent (7.87%), with one in five pregnancies ending in an abortion. In 2020<\/a>,\u00a0930,160 abortions were committed nationally\u00a0\u2014\u00a0an increase of 67,840 over the\u00a0862,320\u00a0abortions reported in\u00a02017.<\/p>\n

This means that today, approximately 2,548 babies are killed every day<\/strong> in the U.S. by abortion<\/a>. That’s approximately\u00a0106 abortions per hour, 1.8 per minute, and one every 35 seconds.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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  • Abortions in 2020 (930,160) showed an increase of nearly 8% from 2017 \u2014 an increase of 67,840 lives lost.<\/li>\n
  • The abortion rate in 2020 (abortions per 1,000 women aged 15\u201344) climbed by 7% (from 13.5 in 2017<\/a>\u00a0 to 14.4\u00a0 in 2020<\/a>).<\/li>\n
  • The abortion increase was accompanied by a 6% decline in births<\/a> between 2017 and 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The good news: 2020 abortions still remain lower than past years<\/em><\/p>\n

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    • Current numbers are 12% less than the 1,058,000 abortions reported in 2011<\/a> and 42% less than the 1,608,600 abortions committed in 1990<\/a>.<\/li>\n
    • The abortion rate has dropped by 15% since 2011 (16.9 to 14.4 in 2020) and by nearly 48% from the 27.4 abortion rate reported in 1990<\/a>\u00a0(27.4).<\/li>\n
    • Between 1980<\/a>\u00a0and 2020, the U.S. abortion rate has fallen by over 50 percent (29.3 to 14.4).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Long term decline in abortion numbers has reverses in 2020 (Graph: Guttmacher Institute)<\/p><\/div>\n

      The former research arm and \u201cspecial affiliate<\/a>\u201d of Planned Parenthood noted that the abortion rate climbed by nearly seven percent (6.66%), from 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15\u201344 in\u00a02017<\/a>\u00a0to 14.4\u00a0 in\u00a02020<\/a>. And\u00a0the abortion ratio (the number of abortions per 100 pregnancies) also increased by nearly 12% (11.95%), from 18.4% in 2017 to 20.6% in 2020. The organization notes, “Pregnancies include births and abortions but do not include miscarriages.”<\/p>\n

      \u201cThe increase in abortion was accompanied by a\u00a06% decline in births<\/a>\u00a0between 2017 and 2020. Because there were many more births (3.6 million) than abortions (930,000) in 2020, these patterns mean that fewer people were getting pregnant and, among those who did, a larger proportion chose to have an abortion,\u201d the pro-abortion group wrote, adding,\u00a0\u201cThe number of abortions increased in all\u00a0four regions of the country<\/a>\u00a0between 2017 and 2020. The rise was largest in the West (12% increase) and Midwest (10% increase); abortions increased 8% in the South and 2% in the Northeast.”<\/p>\n

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      America has some of the highest abortion rates and most extreme pro-abortion laws in the world. It's time to change that. Abortion restrictions save innocent lives and we need them more than ever.#RoeMustGo<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/1x36HeRpSt<\/a><\/p>\n

      — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n