Amid controversial blows to abortion restrictions in Ohio and Mississippi, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced incredible news: The abortion rate has plummeted to pre-Roe v. Wade levels.

The abortion rate fell by 2 percent from 2014 to 2015, to a rate of 11.8 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 through 44. In 1973, when the Supreme Court effectively legalized abortion with Roe v. Wade, there were 16.3 abortions per 1,000 women. The abortion rate has fallen by more than 24 percent in just the past decade.

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