Abortion Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since Roe V. Wade

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"Who's Getting Abortions? Not Who You Think"

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22689931/ns/health-womens_health/t/whos-getting-abortions-not-who-youd-think/#.Uu-nZfRDvy0

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Alan: According to trajectory, the U.S. abortion rate will soon be lower than it was before Roe v. Wade. Conservatives assume that an abortion ban will put an end the practice.  Right. Like prohibition put an end to drinking. We are witnessing a paradoxical effect: Countries that offer legal abortion have lower abortion rates than those that don't. It is likely that American abolition of abortion will result in more abortions than leaving Roe v. Wade in place. Yes, one can still argue that "the end does not justify the means." But if the goal is to minimize abortion, banning abortion is not the way to do it. Furthermore, we now know that universal healthcare reduces the abortion rate. Pro-Life advocates who do not simultaneously advocate affordable healthcare for all citizens are directly responsible for a higher abortion rate than otherwise. Since conservatives are constitutionally unable to understand irony and paradox, they will not see the significance of what's taking place, much less believe that abortion is minimal where abortion is legal. 

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"Is An Abortion Ban Really Pro-Life?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/06/is-abortion-ban-actually-pro-life.html

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"Iowa Abortions Drop 30% Despite Greater Access"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/08/iowa-abortions-drop-30-despite-greater.html

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"Universal Healthcare And Infrequent Abortion Are Obviously Linked"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/cardinal-basil-hume-on-obvious.html 

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"E.J. Dionne: On Abortion And Conservative Opposition To Universal Healthcare"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/ej-dionne-on-abortion-and-conservative.html

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"Abortion: Does The End Justify The Means?"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/05/abortion-does-end-justify-means.html

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"Abortion Is Sinful"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/11/abortion-is-sinful.html 

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U.S. Catholic: "A New Strategy For Reducing Abortion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/do-we-want-more-of-this-or-do-we-want.html 

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"The GOP's Anti-Abortion Platform"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-gops-no-abortion-platform.html 

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"The abortion rate in the USA has dropped to its lowest level since the procedure became legal in 1973, according to a new data analysis that reflects a 13% decline in both the abortion rate and the number of abortions from 2008 to 2011...[Guttmacher's Rachel] Jones attributes the decline to more women using "highly effective contraceptive methods such as the IUD" and the fact that the study period was during the recession and sluggish recovery." Sharon Jayson in USA Today.