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Abortions Continue to Decline in Wisconsin.
The number of abortions in Wisconsin continues to decline, according to a report by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Not only did the number drop from 9,817 in 2005 to 9,580 in 2006 (the third year in a row that the figure declined), this represents "the lowest recorded number of abortions in our state since 1974!" said an ecstatic Barbara Lyons, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life.
"In addition, the abortion rate (the number of abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age) remains at 8, which is one of the lowest abortion rates in the nation," Lyons said. The national rate is nearly twice as large15 per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44.
Put into historical perspective, Lyons said, Wisconsin RTL "estimates that, cumulatively, 62,206 human lives have been saved in Wisconsin since 1987."
Lyons offered a three-fold explanation for the decline in the number of abortions.
1. Younger people are far more pro-life than their predecessors.
2. Wisconsin Right to Life's educational efforts are reaching millions of Wisconsin residents each year.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Abortions Continue to Decline in Wisconsin.