Chris
01-28-2014, 08:33 AM
Just some data, make what you will of it.
Thirteen charts that explain how Roe v. Wade changed abortion rights (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/22/thirteen-charts-that-explain-how-roe-v-wade-changed-abortion-rights/)
1. Before the Roe decision, most states did not allow legal abortion....
http://i.snag.gy/EvHmH.jpg
2. Legal abortion rates increased significantly following the Roe decision but have declined for the past three decades....
http://i.snag.gy/jhV0s.jpg
3. Public opinion has always seen a big split on Roe, although it has fluctuated over time....
http://i.snag.gy/FJjAh.jpg
4. The number of abortion providers has declined steadily since the mid-1970s, although it looks to have held relatively steady in the late 2000s....
http://i.snag.gy/dCpo7.jpg
5. Abortion has become increasingly concentrated among low-income, minority women....
http://i.snag.gy/wyLhK.jpg
http://i.snag.gy/zJsrr.jpg
6. A wave of abortion restrictions passed in 2011, followed by slightly fewer in 2012 and 2013....
http://i.snag.gy/LAJvW.jpg
7. Still, states have passed more abortion restrictions in the past three years than in all of the 2000s....
http://i.snag.gy/MChaw.jpg
8. And every state, except for Oregon, has at least one abortion restriction on the books....
http://i.snag.gy/mkrnU.jpg
9. Most abortion restrictions target minors or focus on delaying the procedure with a waiting period....
http://i.snag.gy/pBShT.jpg
10. More recently, states have begun to focus on banning abortions after 20 weeks....
http://i.snag.gy/yW5kF.jpg
[^That one is interactive, follow link to see.]
11. Research has found countries with more liberal abortion laws have lower abortion rates....
http://i.snag.gy/1QZBR.jpg
12. Most young Americans do not know that the Roe decision was about abortion....
http://i.snag.gy/y6x75.jpg
...
Thirteen charts that explain how Roe v. Wade changed abortion rights (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/22/thirteen-charts-that-explain-how-roe-v-wade-changed-abortion-rights/)
1. Before the Roe decision, most states did not allow legal abortion....
http://i.snag.gy/EvHmH.jpg
2. Legal abortion rates increased significantly following the Roe decision but have declined for the past three decades....
http://i.snag.gy/jhV0s.jpg
3. Public opinion has always seen a big split on Roe, although it has fluctuated over time....
http://i.snag.gy/FJjAh.jpg
4. The number of abortion providers has declined steadily since the mid-1970s, although it looks to have held relatively steady in the late 2000s....
http://i.snag.gy/dCpo7.jpg
5. Abortion has become increasingly concentrated among low-income, minority women....
http://i.snag.gy/wyLhK.jpg
http://i.snag.gy/zJsrr.jpg
6. A wave of abortion restrictions passed in 2011, followed by slightly fewer in 2012 and 2013....
http://i.snag.gy/LAJvW.jpg
7. Still, states have passed more abortion restrictions in the past three years than in all of the 2000s....
http://i.snag.gy/MChaw.jpg
8. And every state, except for Oregon, has at least one abortion restriction on the books....
http://i.snag.gy/mkrnU.jpg
9. Most abortion restrictions target minors or focus on delaying the procedure with a waiting period....
http://i.snag.gy/pBShT.jpg
10. More recently, states have begun to focus on banning abortions after 20 weeks....
http://i.snag.gy/yW5kF.jpg
[^That one is interactive, follow link to see.]
11. Research has found countries with more liberal abortion laws have lower abortion rates....
http://i.snag.gy/1QZBR.jpg
12. Most young Americans do not know that the Roe decision was about abortion....
http://i.snag.gy/y6x75.jpg
...