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`Morning-after' pill may be cause of drop in abortion rate.

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| December 16, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Philadelphia Inquirer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Marie McCullough

Emergency contraception, or the "morning-after pill," is playing a growing role in reducing abortions in the U.S. and may account for almost half of the recent decline in abortions, according to a new study by a leading reproductive health research center.

The study, by researchers at the Alan Guttmacher Institute in New York, involved surveying a nationwide representative sample of more than 10,000 abortion patients in 1994 and 2000.

During that period, the number of abortions fell from 1.4 million in 1994 to 1.3 million in 2000, while the use of emergency contraception increased slightly.

Emergency contraception consists of ordinary…

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