Are Americans losing their interest in abortion? If you look at trends, the answer is yes.
Bloomberg Business reported this week that “abortion access in the U.S. is vanishing at the fastest annual pace on record.
According to the piece, providers have been closing nationwide. Texas leads the way with 30—although next week the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments challenging the Texas law “which requires abortion doctors to be affiliated with nearby hospitals and also limits abortion to ambulatory surgical centers.”
Fourteen clinics closed in Iowa, thirteen closed in Michigan and even California lost a dozen or more. Especially surprising considering California is typically friendly to abortion rights.
There are several reasons for the declines; an increasing awareness of the ghoulish realities of abortion, including how it affects mom, and Republican state lawmakers’ commitment to reduce abortions.
According to the Guttmacher Institute; “State legislatures enacted more restrictions on abortion in the past five years than they did in any five-year period since the United States legalized abortion in 1973.”
Another reason is reduced demand. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report the number of abortions nationwide is at a 40 year low.
Carrie Gordon Earll, vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family, told Conservative Review the fact that California has “lost a dozen providers” shows “more evidence that there are shifts in the industry and culture that are influencing factors.”