Abortions at Planned Parenthood Up 6 Percent

Planned Parenthood Report Shows Abortions Up 6 Percent, Adoptions Down: The new Planned Parenthood figures show it did 324,008 abortions in 2008 -- a 6.1 percent increase over the 305,310 abortions it did in 2007. The 2007 figure was itself a 5.3 percent increase over the 289,750 abortions Planned Parenthood did in 2006.

With approximately 1.2 million abortions done annually in the United States via surgical abortions or the dangerous RU 486 (mifepristone) abortion drug, Planned Parenthood has moved from doing 25 to 27 percent of all abortions at a time when Alan Guttmacher Institute, it's former research arm, have showed abortions at near-historic lows.

Editor: By designing the report to emphasize that abortions are "only" 3% of its business, PP seems to be trying to allay past criticism. LifeNews does a brilliant job of placing the figures in context.