The number of abortions in the United States continued its downward trend in 2019, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Leading abortion statistics researcher Dr. Michael New hailed the figures as good news for pro-lifers, who are seeing their efforts to stop abortion reflected in these numbers.
"Both the number of abortions and the abortion rate fell by approximately two percent since 2015," New said in response to the report.
"The decline was widespread as 33 of the 46 states that reported abortion data by state of occurrence saw their abortion numbers fall," he continued.
"The U.S. abortion rate has fallen by 25 percent since 2007. The U.S. abortion rate has fallen by approximately 50 percent since 1980."
"This shows that efforts by pro-lifers to change hearts and minds, enact protective laws, and assist women through pregnancy help centers have all been effective," he added.
The CDC recently published an Abortion Surveillance detailing the number, rates, and ratio of legal abortions to live births for 2016, based on 48 reporting areas within the United States.
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