062 - Research shows the pro-life movement is making incredible progress in ending abortion!

Join weDignify's 7 Days to Living Pro-Life Challenge! Are abortion rates dropping? What causes a decrease in abortion? Does contraception actually impact abortion rates? Dr. Michael New joins the show to share the research showing what does and doesn't decrease abortion. Resources from this episode: Abortion rate drops to lowest rate since Roe v. Wade (CBS) - link U.S. Abortion Rate Continues to Decline, Hits Historic Low (Guttmacher Institute) - link Unintended Pregnancy in the United States (Guttmacher Institute) - link State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid (Guttmacher Institute) - link Restrictions on Medicaid Funding for Abortions: A Literature Review (Guttmacher Institute) - link Whose Choice? (Center for Reproductive Rights) - link (the report which claims that more than one million abortions have been prevented due to the Hyde Amendment) Hyde @ 40: Analyzing the Impact of the Hyde Amendment by Dr. Michael New - link Guttmacher Report Shows Pro-Life Progress Continues as U.S. Abortion Rates Decline by Dr. Michael New - link How the Legal Status of Abortion Impacts Abortion Rates by Dr. Michael New - link Abortion Gallup Poll - link Trends in Attitudes About Abortion (General Social Survey) - link What's Really Causing the Abortion Rate to Decline? by Dr. Michael New - link On Top of Everything Else, Contraception Mandates Don't Work by Dr. Michael New - link Medicaid Expansion's Dramatic Effect on Tax-Funded Abortions in Key States by Dr. Michael New - link Dr. New's research from the Charlotte Lozier Institute - link