Misleading Abortion Stats

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW49108751 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="none">The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute recently released</span> <a href= "https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2023/guttmacher-launches-new-research-initiative-track-monthly-state-abortion"> <span data-contrast="none">abortion estimates</span></a> <span data-contrast="none">for the first six months of 2023. Using these numbers, media outlets quickly announced that pro-life laws after the demise of</span> <em><span data-contrast= "none">Roe</span></em> <span data-contrast="none">have been ineffective</span><em><span data-contrast="none">.</span></em> <span data-contrast="none">Ironically, abortion proponents lament restricted access to abortion while</span> <span data-contrast= "none">claiming pro-life laws don’t work.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">However, according to</span> <a href= "https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mainstream-media-mislead-on-new-guttmacher-abortion-estimates/"> <span data-contrast="none">Dr. Michael J. New of the Charlotte Lozier Institute,</span></a> <span data-contrast="none">these numbers “reflect a great deal of potential variance.” </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">"[T]hese new abortion estimates are based on samples of abortion facilities, not comprehensive surveys. ... For Georgia, their upper abortion estimate is over 80 percent higher than their low estimate. For Florida, their upper estimate is more than 11,000 abortions higher than their low estimate. This much variation raises serious questions about the accuracy of their estimates."</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">According to</span> <a href= "https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mainstream-media-mislead-on-new-guttmacher-abortion-estimat