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North Carolina Abortion Rate Shows Steady Decline.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Between 1990 and 2000, the number of abortions in North Carolina declined steadily, dropping from 34,565 to 26,612, or 23 percent. Although experts could not point to a specific reason for the decrease, pro-lifers believe the statistics reflect a growing respect for human life in the state stemming from pro-life educational efforts, including passage of protective legislation.
"We like to think our educational efforts had some effect," Barbara Holt, president of North Carolina Right to Life, told NRL News. "All the discussion about partial-birth abortion, the focus on just what happens during an abortion, has turned many minds toward the unborn child."
In a report released earlier this year by the State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS), there were steady declines in each measure of abortion frequency: actual numbers, the abortion rate and the abortion fraction (or ratio).
Another contributing factor may be changes in the law. In 1995, the legislature passed a parental consent bill as well as legislation to tighten requirements ...
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