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Abortion Statistics "The United States has one of the highest abortion rates among developed countries." (Facts in Brief, Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1995, New York, NY) Reported number of legal abortions in the United States for selected years according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Abortion Surveillance Report, June 7, 2002: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5103a1.htm 1972 — 586,760 1994 — 1,267,415 1980 — 1,297,606 1995 — 1,210,883 1985 — 1,328,570 1996 — 1,221,585 1990 — 1,429,577 1997 — 1,186,039 1992 — 1,359,145 *1998 — 884,273 *At first glance, the table listed above appears to show a considerable 25 percent drop in...