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The number of abortions performed in Pennsylvania and York County dropped in 2013. There were 32,108 abortions performed in the state that year, down from 34,536 in 2012 and 36,280 in 2011, according to data from the state Department of Health. The department says 2013's figure is the lowest annual number on record. Statewide, the number of abortions has dropped each year since 2008. Locally, 671 abortions were performed in York County in 2013, and 580 county residents had abortions that year. Those numbers are down from 763 and 629, respectively, in 2012, but the county hasn't seen a consistent...

The Illinois abortion rate has fallen to its lowest number in 40 years, a new report reveals. The 2013 Illinois Abortion Statistics, issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health, reported that the abortion rate has dropped by 5.7 percent. This decline represents nearly 2,500 babies who saw life instead of abortion last year. The abortion rate decreased in every age group except for those 45 years of age and above. There was a very dramatic abortion decline among minors – 20 percent fewer young mothers choose abortion from September to December. Illinois Right to Life credits the decline to...

Lord, deliver us from evil. I was appalled hearing black University of Pennsylvania Professor Salamishah Tillet say during a panel discussion on MSNBC that pro-lifers' opposition to late-term abortion is really about white-power racism. Minority birth rates are up. Nutty professor Tillet believes those who oppose white women killing their babies are fearful of a decline of "whiteness, white supremacy, white privilege." It takes a pretty sick mind to find racism in desiring that women not kill their babies. By the way, Americans aborts 4,000 babies a day, of which a disproportionately high number are black. Planned Parenthood was founded...

Abortion Rate Declines in U.S. But Increases for Poor Women Washington, DC -- A new study reported in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology indicates the abortion rate has decreased in the United States -- good news because it means more pregnant women are opting against having an abortion. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/05/24/abortion-rate-declines-in-u-s-but-increases-for-poor-women/

SPRINGFIELD - The number of abortions in Illinois hit a 30-year low in 2004, but advocates on both sides of the issue disagree over what caused the decline. Records from the Illinois Department of Public Health show 41,577 abortions were performed in the state last year, down 2 percent from 2003. Except for 1993-1994, when figures were incomplete or unavailable, the 2004 number ranked as one of the lowest on record since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. Anti-abortion groups said the decrease proved that abstinence programs aimed at teens were working. "I'd say the numbers here bear...