No, Democratic presidents do not cause large declines in the abortion rate
The internet memes purportedly showing large abortion declines during Democratic presidencies are misleading for three reasons.
Michael J. New and Donna Harrison
Voices Contributors
An impressive decade for the pro-life movement
During the 2010s, pro-lifers were able to expose some of the more nefarious actions at Planned Parenthood clinics and enacted some policies partially defunding the abortion group.
Setting the record straight: Missouri officials were not tracking abortion patients’ cycles
An administrative hearing took place in St. Louis to determine the fate of the last abortion clinic in Missouri.
New York Times misleads on Delaware's abortion-rate decline
A New York Times columnist credited a government-funded contraception program for this decrease. But he ignores three other key factors that also have played a significant role.
Media mislead on study about self-induced abortion
The American Journal of Public Health has published a study that purports to show increased interest among U.S. women in self-induced abortion. Unsurprisingly, much media coverage of this study has been misleading.
We need stronger abortion reporting requirements
Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Joni Ernst of Iowa recently introduced legislation that would strengthen abortion reporting requirements in the United States.
The real story behind US abortion decline
The mainstream media, with very few exceptions, uncritically reported Guttmacher’s analysis of the declining abortion numbers. Unsurprisingly, Guttmacher argued that the recent abortion decline had little to do with pro-life laws or reductions in sexual activity
Guttmacher report shows pro-life progress continues as US abortion rates decline
Guttmacher takes considerable pains to argue that other pro-life policies have had little do to with the overall decline in abortions.
Tulsi Gabbard is the first Democratic presidential candidate to support abortion limit
Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard expressed opposition to some late-term abortions. This makes her the first Democratic presidential candidate to support any kind of legal limit on abortion.
O’Rourke is wrong; pro-life policies don't cause high maternal-mortality rates
O’Rourke said that, because of abortion-clinic regulations in Texas, one-fourth of family planning facilities have shut down and claimed that these policies have made the state “one of the epicenters of this maternal mortality crisis.”
