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micdotcom:

Abortion rates hit historic lows, according to new report

• Once again, statistics suggest that abortion rates drop as access to contraception improves.
• New data from the Guttmacher Institute show abortion rates are at their lowest point since 1973’s Roe v. Wade decision, NPR reported Tuesday. 
• The report shows that in 2014, 14.6 abortions were performed for every 1,000 women aged 15 to 44. 
• That’s down from when abortion became legal in 1973, when the rate was 16.3 abortions for every 1,000 women.
• Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards chalked up the dip to readily available contraception.
• “It shows that we’re finally doing a better job of helping women get access to birth control that’s affordable and that’s high-quality,” Richards told NPR. Read more

wow it’s almost like when people have access to free and low cost birth control they actually use it and thus have no need to get abortions. who’d have thunk it?