Kansas abortion rates nosedive | LifeSiteNews.com: The abortion rates in Kansas have nosedived, according to a new report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The report showed that abortions in Kansas fell 12 percent last year from 2009 numbers, and were down 32.4 percent when compared with the 2000 figures. Abortions reached a high of 12,445 in Kansas in 1999, but are now at the lowest level since 1988.
The Wichita Eagle speculated that part of the reason for the declines in the past year, particularly in late-term abortions, may be the death of abortionist George Tiller, who specialized in late-term abortions. Tiller was shot and killed in May of 2009; Scott Roeder has been charged with his murder.
Whereas there were an average of 300 late-term abortions in Kansas per year prior to 2010, that number fell to just one last year, performed on a baby with anencephaly. At the same time, Kansas legislators have launched a major pushback against abortion in the state.
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