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Following the recent closure of several local\u00a0abortion clinics (including Planned Parenthood facilities), Iowa has seen a dramatic decline in the number of abortions performed in the state.<\/p>\n

According to the Des Moines Register<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The number of abortions performed in Iowa dropped nearly 9 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to figures released last week by the Iowa Department of Public Health. The 2014 total of 4,020 reflects\u00a0a 40 percent decline since 2007, when 6,649 abortions were performed in the state.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jenifer Bowen, executive director of Iowa Right to Life, celebrated the downward trend in abortion figures. \u201cThat\u2019s a big number. It\u2019s definitely moving in the right direction,\u201d\u00a0she said.\u00a0Bowen explained that she\u2019s always a bit skeptical of abortion statistics, because they rely on reports from Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers – which often contain skewed data – but she said national figures are indicating similar downward shifts in abortion numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a positive trend, no matter how you look at it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Iowa’s decline in abortions followed decisions by state officials to prohibit the practice of webcam abortions in Iowa in 2013. Such webcam abortions enabled an abortionist to remotely dispense abortion pills <\/a>to patients in other cities without leaving a central office.\u00a0But in that same year, the Iowa Board of Medicine voted in favor of new regulations requiring that in order to prescribe the abortion pill, abortionists must conduct a physical examination of the woman, be physically present when the drug is provided, and schedule a follow up to confirm completion of the abortion and evaluate the woman\u2019s medical condition. Following the decision, Planned Parenthood closed a number of abortion clinics and abortion referral centers in the state.<\/p>\n

Despite polls<\/a> which indicated 66% of Iowans oppose\u00a0webcam abortions, as compared\u00a0to only 27% who support them, in July of 2015 the Iowa Supreme Court reversed<\/a> the ban. Nonetheless, the attention called to the unsafe abortion practices of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers in Iowa, and the resulting closure of\u00a0several abortion clinics\u00a0certainly contributed to the dramatic decline in abortions statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the recent closure of several local\u00a0abortion clinics (including Planned Parenthood facilities), Iowa has seen a dramatic decline in the number of abortions performed in the state. 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