Guttmacher: 54% of Women Who Aborted in 2008 Were Using Contraception

FRC Blog » Guttmacher: 54% of Women Who Aborted in 2008 Were Using Contraception: Increasing access to contraception does not decrease the number of abortions. In fact, studies show quite the opposite. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its allies are banging the “family planning decreases the abortion rate” drum on Capitol Hill these days. However the Guttmacher Institute, previously PPFA’s own research arm, reports that over half the number women who had an abortion in 2008 –54%– were using a form of contraception during the month they got pregnant.