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Pro-Life News in Brief.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Huge Decreases In Abortion in Nebraska and Idaho
For the year 2000, not only did the number of abortions in Nebraska drop by 8% to the lowest figure in nearly 25 years, when combined with an even larger drop in 1999, it represents a decline of nearly 20% in just two years.
In Idaho, equally good news. For 1999 - - the latest year numbers are available from the new Idaho Vital Statistics Report - - the number of abortions declined to a record low of 867. This figure is the smallest since a 1977 state law required an annual count of the number of abortions. The worst year was 1981, when 2,706 babies were aborted.
According to the Idaho Statesman, the ratio of abortions to live births for Idaho residents - - 76 per l,000 live births - - is less than one-quarter what the national ratio was for the last year (1997) that figure was calculated - - 306 per l,000 live births.
This welcome decline comes on the heels of the state legislature's decision to stop taxpayer funding of abortions. Both pro- and anti-life forces believe this move will mean even fewer abortions. When pro-life Gov. Dirk Kempthorne signed the bill, he said, "This legislation reinforces our State's commitment to protecting, as much as possible under the law, the lives of unborn children. As a United States Senator, I consistently supported the federal limitations on publicly funded abortions under the Hyde Amendment. House Bill 309 would enact similar restrictions on state-funded abortions in Idaho."
Final figures in Nebraska were expected as NRLNews went to press. Predictions are that when the final tabulation is complete, the total number of abortions will not exceed 4,200, the lowest annual total since the 1976 figure of 3,977.
Pro-lifers attribute the sharp decline to a number of reasons. Part of the explanation is the retirement of one of Nebraska's most prominent abortionists. And part of the reason fewer unborn babies are dying is because of the diligent work of crisis pregnancy centers.
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