The number of physicians who are providing patients. The story about the Guttmacher report was issued by , which focused on the rate of decline in abortions.

Approximately 52 per cent of unintended pregnancies result in childbirth. The remaining 48 per cent result in abortions. The Abortion Rate in the United States About a year ago, the Rancell Guttmacher Institute in New York published data that indicate legal abortions in the United States dropped to 1.2 million in 2005, the lowest level since 1974. This came as good news to mainstream Americans, most of whom believe that abortions should be safe and legal, but rare.

Some observers added that improved sex education classes at the high school level and federally funded abstinence programs may also have contributed to the decline. In doing so, however, the reporters missed other useful and important data, including. The Institute cited a number of reasons for the decline, including more effective use of contraceptives, increased use of Plan B and an overall lower rate of unintended pregnancies. Of 6.4 million pregnancies in the United States each year, 51 per cent are intended and 49 per cent are unintended.

Abortion is one of the most com surgical procedures in the United States, and also one of the safest.