{"id":83258,"date":"2015-12-22T15:15:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T20:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=83258"},"modified":"2015-12-22T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T20:55:00","slug":"closed-81-abortion-facilities-open-1991-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/closed-81-abortion-facilities-open-1991-shut\/","title":{"rendered":"Report shows decline of over 1,400 abortion clinics in last 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>The number of abortion facilities in the United States continues to decline, according to a 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.operationrescue.org\/archives\/special-report-2015-abortion-clinic-survey-reveals-81-of-abortion-clinics-closed-since-1991\/\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> released\u00a0by Operation Rescue.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This year alone, 53 abortion centers\u00a0closed their doors for good, or halted\u00a0abortions. An additional 28 clinics reduced abortion services, the report finds.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 81 abortion facilities\u00a0closed or reduced services in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83273 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MAP-Closures-2013-2015.jpg\" alt=\"MAP-Closures-2013-2015\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MAP-Closures-2013-2015.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MAP-Closures-2013-2015-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 1991, there were a reported 2,176 surgical abortion facilities. Today, there are 517 surgical abortion clinics and 213 medication abortion clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Several new abortion facilities\u00a0opened this year, but according to the report,\u00a0the abortion industry\u00a0still suffered a net loss of nine\u00a0facilities\u00a0this year, and a net loss of 219 abortion clinics since 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83276 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pie-Surgical-Clinics-Closed-Since-1981.jpg\" alt=\"Pie-Surgical-Clinics-Closed-Since-1981\" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pie-Surgical-Clinics-Closed-Since-1981.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Pie-Surgical-Clinics-Closed-Since-1981-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-83277 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Abortion-Clinics-2009-2015-current.jpg\" alt=\"Abortion-Clinics-2009-2015-current\" width=\"474\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Abortion-Clinics-2009-2015-current.jpg 600w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Abortion-Clinics-2009-2015-current-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue, sees this trend as a victory for pro-lifers. \u201cThere is a direct correlation between the number of abortions and the number of abortion clinics. When abortion clinics close, abortion numbers decrease and lives are saved,\u201d said Newman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68636 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liveactionnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg\" alt=\"DefundAd-400b\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b.jpg 400w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DefundAd-400b-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the downward trend in the number of abortion facilities\u00a0isn&#8217;t just a recent development. The number of abortion clinics in the United States\u00a0has been declining for years, with 81\u00a0percent\u00a0of abortion clinics closing since 1991.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-us-pregnancy-rate-abortion-record-low-20151210-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the number of induced abortions in the United States has fallen to its lowest since 1990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of abortion facilities in the United States continues to decline, according to a 2015 report released\u00a0by Operation Rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":59112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[6790,6791,5990,5074,6789],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - 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