Guttmacher Institute
Even abortion foes will help friends who choose to end a pregnancy
By Bob Smietana — May 9, 2022
(RNS) — Americans hold complicated views on abortion — with many seeing it as immoral but necessary. And they often help out friends who choose abortion.
New light of the anti-abortion movement — an accomplished woman with Down syndrome
By Delta Systems — March 7, 2018
(RNS) — Anti-abortion groups are particularly worried about the high proportion of women choosing to terminate fetuses with Down syndrome after prenatal testing, which has become increasingly sophisticated and accurate.
How some abortion opponents get ‘pro-life’ radically right
By Marcia Pally — June 28, 2016
(RNS) Reducing abortion as much as possible is a universal goal with broad consensus about how to achieve it.
Awaiting Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling, public favors contraception mandate
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) In showdown of business owners vs individual choice on free contraception, the public has made its call. Soon the Supreme Court will weigh in.
Abortion rate hits lowest level since 1973
By Sharon Jayson — February 3, 2014
(RNS) Researcher say the decline in both the abortion rate and the number of abortions was likely to do with the recession and increased use of contraception.
Steady stream of abortion cases headed toward high court
By Richard Wolf — November 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Justices won't reconsider decisions striking down Oklahoma laws on mandatory ultrasound and abortion-inducing drugs, but more states are seeking to defend their laws.
Unsafe abortions on the rise across Africa
By Fredrick Nzwili — September 4, 2013
(RNS) More than 6 million unsafe abortions take place each year in Africa, resulting in 29,000 maternal deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
Bans on abortion by telemedicine growing
By Kimberly Railey — August 12, 2013
(RNS) The practice of telemedicine abortion, available to women in their first nine weeks of pregnancy, is now prohibited in 11 states, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
40 years after Roe, abortion remains legal — but restricted
By Richard Wolf — January 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Forty years after the Supreme Court legalized abortion, the constitutional right many Americans take for granted is coming under increased scrutiny.
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