The Guttmacher Institute reports that the decades long fall in the rate of surgical abortions has plateaued:
Decreasing abortion rates is something that most Americans support. Sharon Camp, president and CEO of Guttmacher, suggests that greater availability of cheap effective contraception might help jump start the decrease. That seems like a politically safe recommendation. What say you?
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Lisa Wade is a professor of sociology at Occidental College. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
