Number Of US Abortions May Be Increasing Slightly After Decades Of Decline

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

November 25, 2021

After a long decline abortions in the U.S. appear to be inching up, though officials are cautious about calling it an upward trend because a government report issued November 24 is incomplete.

National abortion figures in 2017 reached their lowest level since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions.

But the next two years, there were small increases in the abortion rate and numbers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

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