Sense Project

The Guttmacher Institute just released a report entitled Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress. Here are some key points that stood out for me:

- The number of abortions has decreased from an estimated 45.5 million procedures in 1995 to 41.6 million in 2003.   The people at Guttmacher suggest that this is the result of an increase in contraceptive use worldwide which has, in turn, diminished the number of unintended pregnancies.  

-While there has been a global trend toward liberalizing abortion laws, about 40% of women still live in countries with very strict ones. And, abortion occurs at about the same rate in countries where abortion is legal and in those where it isn’t. The bottom line is that highly restrictive abortion laws do not prevent women from getting them; in fact, they just put them in harm’s way.

This all sounds great, right? Well, don’t get me wrong… I do find this report fascinating and I think that everyone should read it; but, these conclusions have already been made…like, a ZILLION times! We know this stuff and yet, it is still the subject of great controversy…

Thoughts?