However you feel about a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy, it is good news to learn that the abortion rate is at its lowest level since 1973, when abortion became legal.
A new report from the Guttmacher Institute specifies that restrictions on abortion are not the reason.
It suggests that likely factors for the decline in abortions are the economic recession and the increase in women using a variety of birth control methods.
The report shows that Not only did the rate of abortion fall, but also the rates of pregnancy.
It concludes that access to a range of birth control methods plays an important role in reducing unintended pregnancy and decreasing the need for abortion.
Birth control without a copay is one of the essential provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
This study reinforces the importance of keeping this provision in the law and not allowing politicians and corporations to chip away at this important benefit of the ACA.