LifeNews Note: Michael J. New is an assistant professor at the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America and is an associate scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute. …
Washington, DC – On Tuesday, the Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount project released updated abortion estimates up to June 2024. They found that abortion numbers continue to increase. Their estimates indicate that thus far in 2024 the number of abortions has increased by approximately 12 percent. They also found that, owing to women obtaining abortions via telehealth and to women obtaining abortions in other states, abortion numbers in states with strong pro-life laws have remained largely unchanged since the Dobbs decision. This report has been covered by a number of mainstream media outlets including the New York Times, the Hill, and the Detroit News.
Unsurprisingly, there is much less here than meets the eye. The data taken at face value show that, when the first six months of 2023 are compared to the first six months of 2020, abortions increased by nearly 4 percent in twelve states that enacted abortion bans. …