> The increase in abortion was accompanied by a 6% decline in births between 2017 and 2020. Because there were many more births (3.6 million) than abortions (930,000) in 2020, these patterns mean that fewer people were getting pregnant and, among those who did, a larger proportion chose to have an abortion.
Something to keep in mind is half of pregnancies each year, both in the US and globally, are unintended.
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Interesting takeaway:
> The increase in abortion was accompanied by a 6% decline in births between 2017 and 2020. Because there were many more births (3.6 million) than abortions (930,000) in 2020, these patterns mean that fewer people were getting pregnant and, among those who did, a larger proportion chose to have an abortion.
Something to keep in mind is half of pregnancies each year, both in the US and globally, are unintended.
US: https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/factsheet/fb-...
Global: https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1115062
Does that mean that Trump, far from being pro-life, was actually the most anti-life president ever?