Abortion Rate Drops -- But Don't Take the Credit, Pro-birthers

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Abortion Rate Drops -- But Don't Take the Credit, Pro-birthers

With the upcoming March for Life (which should be titled, "March for Our Rights to Control Your Life&quot , anti-choice activists are likely privately gloating over the latest statistics showing a decline in the abortion rate.

"See?" folks like David Frum and National Review crow (though the good folks at the National Review still think that kids need a mommy and daddy). "Young women know that abortion is Teh Ebil! They're all choosing life!"

Sorry guys (and gals), it's more in spite of you than because of you.

And you might want to throw in a "Thanks, Obama!" while you're at it.

Last year, the folks at the Guttmacher Institute took a look at the abortion rate declines and came up with this possibility:

The Guttmacher study released earlier this year reports that both the rate and the number of U.S. abortions had declined by 13% between 2008 and 2011, and that the abortion rate had reached its lowest level since 1973 (see chart).1 Although the study was not designed to pinpoint reasons behind the 2008–2011 drop in abortion, it examined a number of possible factors and ultimately built a strong circumstantial case that changes in contraceptive use—rather than state restrictions—most likely had played a key role.

more...http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/20/1358999/-Abortion-Rate-Drops-But-Don-t-Take-the-Credit-Pro-birthers?detail=facebook

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1. Want to learn about birth control ? Google it.

I wonder how much that explains the decline.

https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+how+to+apply+a+condom&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8