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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....

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2. Legal abortion rates increased significantly following the Roe decision but have declined for the past three decades....

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3. Public opinion has always seen a big split on Roe, although it has fluctuated over time....

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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....

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5. Abortion has become increasingly concentrated among low-income, minority women....

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6. A wave of abortion restrictions passed in 2011, followed by slightly fewer in 2012 and 2013....

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7. Still, states have passed more abortion restrictions in the past three years than in all of the 2000s....

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8. And every state, except for Oregon, has at least one abortion restriction on the books....

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9. Most abortion restrictions target minors or focus on delaying the procedure with a waiting period....

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10. More recently, states have begun to focus on banning abortions after 20 weeks....

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[^That one is interactive, follow link to see.]

11. Research has found countries with more liberal abortion laws have lower abortion rates....

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12. Most young Americans do not know that the Roe decision was about abortion....

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