Abortion Rate & Number of Abortions: 1985–2005 The abortion rate has two interpretations: first, it is a statistical measure, the ratio of the number of abortions to the number of women of the appropriate age and two, it can be thought of as a behavioral variable that reflects a average of the preferences of the population of women to seek abortions. Viewed as a statistical measure we can say that the overall abortion rate reached a peak value of 29..3 in 1980 and 1981 and has subsequently trends downward declining to 20.8 in 2003, a decrease of 29 percent. Viewed as a behavioral variable, it is one of two factors that determines the total number of abortions; the population of women 15 to 44 years of age is the other factor. From this perspective the number of abortions is equal to the abortion rate times the number of women 15 to 44. This reading of the abortion rate enables us to see that the plateau in the number of abortions from 1981 to 1989 was a consequence of two offsetting trends: the 8.2 percent decrease in the abortion rate and the 8.2 percent increase in the number of women 15 to 44 years of age. The 322 thousand decrease (20 percent) in the number of abortions from 1990 to 2003 was the net effect of a 24 percent decrease in the abortion rate and a 5.4 percent increase in the number of women 15 to 44 years of age. Source: The Guttmacher Institute, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, “Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to Services, 2005,” Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2008.

3 Abortion Among U.S. teens 15-19 decreased by more than 50 percent since 1988. e Source: The Guttmacher Institute, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, “Abortion in the United States: Incidence and Access to Services, 2005,” Vol. 40, No. 1, March 2008.

Parental Involvement Laws 13 to 19% abortion decrease

Two-Parent Notification 31% abortion decrease only three states — Minnesota, Mississippi, and North Dakota

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Emma Beck “Living is hell for me. I should never have had an abortion. . . ” "I was frightened, now it is too late. I died when my babies died. "I want to be with my babies - they need me, no one else does." At the inquest, the coroner, Dr Carlyon said: "It is clear that the termination of pregnancy can have a profound effect on a woman's life.

Ohio Supreme Court Hears Planned Parenthood Secret Teen Abortion Case by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor October 7, 2008 Columbus, OH (LifeNews.com) -- The Ohio Supreme Court is holding a hearing today on a case involving a secret abortion on a 14-year-old girl who was a victim of rape. A Cincinnati couple is upset their daughter had an abortion at a local Planned Parenthood facility without their knowledge or consent as required by state law. The girl's parents filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio for violating the state's parental notification law by not telling them of her abortion, which may have been coerced. "I was frightened, now it is too late. I died when my babies died. "I want to be with my babies - they need me, no one else does." At the inquest, the coroner, Dr Carlyon said: "It is clear that the termination of pregnancy can have a profound effect on a woman's life.

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