CDC: Two percent fewer women getting abortions

Published November 27, 2019 6:11pm ET



Abortions dropped 2%, to 623,471, in 2016 in most of the United States, according to a government report released as activists and politicians are moving to opposite edges of the abortion debate.

The data released Wednesday, which comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is incomplete. It excludes California, Maryland, New Hampshire, and the District of Columbia, but helps reveal patterns in abortion practices and demographics.

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