An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death. This can occur spontaneously or accidentally as with a miscarriage, or be induced by medical, surgical or other means at any point during human pregnancy for therapeutic or elective reasons. Approximately 46 million abortions are performed worldwide every year.
Throughout recorded history, abortion has been induced by various traditional medicine methods, including botanical abortifacients, the use of sharpened tools, and abdominal pressure. The moral and legal aspects of abortion are subject to intense social debate in many parts of the world. Aspects of this debate can include the public health impact of unsafe or illegal abortion as well as legal abortion's effect upon crime rates, and the ramifications of sex-selective practices. Other debates may include suggested but unproven effects of abortion including the Abortion-breast cancer hypothesis, Post-abortion syndrome, and fetal pain.
The abortion rate in the USA fell to its lowest point in more than 30 years, and the actual number of abortions also continues a steady decline, according to the first new comprehensive data in five years. The report, by the New York City-based Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit that has been tracking abortion since 1974, shows that medical abortions using the drug RU-486 are increasing as a percentage of all abortions. Guttmacher's periodic reports are based on surveys of abortion providers.
This report uses statistics from 2005, the most recent year available. It is being released just before Tuesday's 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. The conclusion of a sweeping new nationwide study released today that included interviews with every known abortion provider in the country is unambiguous. Abortions are decreasing.
Anti-Abortion Group Backs Fired Pregnant Teacher The study, conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, which researches issues related to reproductive health and sexuality, found that in 2005, the U.S. abortion rate fell to 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 to 44, the lowest level since 1974. The total number of abortions also declined, to a total of 1.2 million in 2005, well below the all-time high of 1.6 million abortions in 1990.
"Eighty-seven percent of counties in the United States don't have an abortion provider," Rachel Jones of the Guttmacher Institute said. "Thirty-five percent of women live in those counties.” Romney Muddles Abortion Stance Opponents say more women are coming to grips with the horror of abortion, in part because of the increasing numbers of so-called crisis pregnancy centers, which set up near abortion clinics and offer services like ultrasounds to convince women to keep their babies.
"This is a very powerful tool," anti-abortion activist Chris Slattery said of ultrasounds. "Now it's much harder for them to actually think of destroying a child." Pomona College political science professor John Seery, who studies the politics of abortion, has his own theory, which he calls the "Juno" effect after the current movie in which a young woman decides to keep her baby for personal not political reasons. He said the movie reflects a cultural shift in the country.
The political and policy debate over abortion is as divisive and deadlocked as ever, even 35 years after the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. But the study released today indicates that on a personal level, women are choosing to have fewer abortions.
For more details on Why Abortions Are Down in America visit www.halfvalue.com and www.halfvalue.co.uk
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Throughout recorded history, abortion has been induced by various traditional medicine methods, including botanical abortifacients, the use of sharpened tools, and abdominal pressure. The moral and legal aspects of abortion are subject to intense social debate in many parts of the world. Aspects of this debate can include the public health impact of unsafe or illegal abortion as well as legal abortion's effect upon crime rates, and the ramifications of sex-selective practices. Other debates may include suggested but unproven effects of abortion including the Abortion-breast cancer hypothesis, Post-abortion syndrome, and fetal pain.
The abortion rate in the USA fell to its lowest point in more than 30 years, and the actual number of abortions also continues a steady decline, according to the first new comprehensive data in five years. The report, by the New York City-based Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit that has been tracking abortion since 1974, shows that medical abortions using the drug RU-486 are increasing as a percentage of all abortions. Guttmacher's periodic reports are based on surveys of abortion providers.
This report uses statistics from 2005, the most recent year available. It is being released just before Tuesday's 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. The conclusion of a sweeping new nationwide study released today that included interviews with every known abortion provider in the country is unambiguous. Abortions are decreasing.
Anti-Abortion Group Backs Fired Pregnant Teacher The study, conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, which researches issues related to reproductive health and sexuality, found that in 2005, the U.S. abortion rate fell to 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 to 44, the lowest level since 1974. The total number of abortions also declined, to a total of 1.2 million in 2005, well below the all-time high of 1.6 million abortions in 1990.
"Eighty-seven percent of counties in the United States don't have an abortion provider," Rachel Jones of the Guttmacher Institute said. "Thirty-five percent of women live in those counties.” Romney Muddles Abortion Stance Opponents say more women are coming to grips with the horror of abortion, in part because of the increasing numbers of so-called crisis pregnancy centers, which set up near abortion clinics and offer services like ultrasounds to convince women to keep their babies.
"This is a very powerful tool," anti-abortion activist Chris Slattery said of ultrasounds. "Now it's much harder for them to actually think of destroying a child." Pomona College political science professor John Seery, who studies the politics of abortion, has his own theory, which he calls the "Juno" effect after the current movie in which a young woman decides to keep her baby for personal not political reasons. He said the movie reflects a cultural shift in the country.
The political and policy debate over abortion is as divisive and deadlocked as ever, even 35 years after the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. But the study released today indicates that on a personal level, women are choosing to have fewer abortions.
For more details on Why Abortions Are Down in America visit www.halfvalue.com and www.halfvalue.co.uk
For more information on books visit www.Lookbookstores.com
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