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Iowa abortions increase for second straight year
About 14 percent more abortions were performed in Iowa during calendar year 2020 compared to the previous year, indicating that a sharp increase recorded in 2019 was not a one-off.
Iowa Department of Public Health data shows 4,058 pregnancy terminations occurred during 2020, up from 3,566 abortions performed in 2019. That number represented a 25 percent increase from the 2,849 abortions recorded in 2018.
Prior to 2019, abortions were on a steady downward trend in Iowa and nationally for at least a decade. The figure recorded for 2020 was the highest since 2013.
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The Republican-controlled Iowa legislature replaced the long-established Iowa Family Planning Network in 2017, creating a new state-run family planning program with the sole purpose of excluding Planned Parenthood as a provider. At that time, Democratic lawmakers including State Senator Janet Petersen warned that reducing access to contraceptive and other non-abortion services would produce more unintended pregnancies and more abortions.
The number of Iowans using services through the state’s new family planning program quickly dropped by nearly 75 percent, the Des Moines Register reported in late 2019.
...https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2021/07/15/iowa-abortions-increase-for-second-straight-year/
Iowa Department of Public Health data shows 4,058 pregnancy terminations occurred during 2020, up from 3,566 abortions performed in 2019. That number represented a 25 percent increase from the 2,849 abortions recorded in 2018.
Prior to 2019, abortions were on a steady downward trend in Iowa and nationally for at least a decade. The figure recorded for 2020 was the highest since 2013.
...
The Republican-controlled Iowa legislature replaced the long-established Iowa Family Planning Network in 2017, creating a new state-run family planning program with the sole purpose of excluding Planned Parenthood as a provider. At that time, Democratic lawmakers including State Senator Janet Petersen warned that reducing access to contraceptive and other non-abortion services would produce more unintended pregnancies and more abortions.
The number of Iowans using services through the state’s new family planning program quickly dropped by nearly 75 percent, the Des Moines Register reported in late 2019.
...https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2021/07/15/iowa-abortions-increase-for-second-straight-year/
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