Melanie Israel is a visiting fellow at the DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at The Heritage Foundation.
Pro-life laws in some states are saving lives, according to the annual “Abortion Surveillance” report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC’s report covers 2022. Roughly half of it accounts for abortion under the Roe v. Wade regime, before the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling that allowed abortion on demand.
The other half of the report accounts for abortion under the post-Dobbs v. Jackson landscape, after the high court sent the issue back to Americans and their elected representatives.
Again, the data is clear: Pro-life laws that went into effect in the immediate aftermath of the court’s Dobbs ruling saved lives. But there’s cause for concern, too. Pro-abortion states are undermining progress in pro-life states. […]
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