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US abortions hit record post-Roe v. Wade low

By Kimberly Leonard
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US abortions hit record post-Roe v. Wade low

The number of abortions in most of the U.S. fell to 638,169 in 2015, according to data released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a new post-Roe v. Wade low.

The latest number represents a 2 percent drop from 2014 and a 24 percent drop from 2006. The number of abortions reached a peak in the 1980s, following the 1973 Roe Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in every state, and mostly fell after that.

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