Abortions down 5% in the U.S.

The CDC (Center for Disease Control) announced on Wednesday, 12/19, 2012 that the number of abortions are going down based on the data for the last year accounted for, 2009.

The CDC has estimated there were about 1 million abortions every year in the United States until 2009 when the number dropped to about 785,000. The rate dropped from 16/1,000 in 2008 to 15/1,000 in 2009. That's about 215,000 fewer abortions.

The reasons for the drop seems to have little to do with increased restrictions on abortions in some states but rather the recession and the fact that women and their partners have increasingly easier access to, and are using, birth control.

In a society where women have a right to choose and they have control over their own reproductive health, women act in responsible ways and the data seems to bare this observation out. Policies which restrict women's right to choose and to have access to birth control are misguided and are not supported by public health data. There are people in Brockport who recognize the inherent worth and dignity of every person, justice, equity, and compassion in human relations, the free and responsible search for truth and meaning, the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process and a community with peace, liberty, justice and hope for all.

Women being treated with respect and compassion benefit by supportive social policies rather than have the State determine for them what is in their best interests.