The Kansas Department of Health & Environment released its preliminary report today on the status of abortion in the state in 2009. In 2009, there were 1,170 fewer total abortions (9,472, down from 10,642) than the year prior -- down nearly 9 percent.
Kansans for Life legislative director Kathy Ostrowski said her group attributes part of the decline to the closing of George Tiller's late-term abortion center midway through the year. Abortions done after 21 weeks of pregnancy dropped from 323 to 121 in 2009.
But Ostrowski credits a pro-life state law and the presence of pregnancy help centers for lowering the numbers as well. “[W]e attribute the reduction in abortion numbers to the dedicated Kansans who maintain 76 no-cost pregnancy assistance centers across this state, of which 19 have free ultrasound services available. Last year approximately 32,000 women contacted these locations and were helped in a variety of ways -- before, during and after delivery.” Ostrowski also says the fact that women can see an ultrasound of their unborn child before an abortion is also having a positive effect on stopping abortions. LifeNews
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