`` As welcome as news of this decline is , more information is needed , '' said Chuck Donovan , president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute . Abortion rates are at their lowest since Between 2008 and 2011 when it was legalized . 1973 , the abortion rate fell 4 % . Several variables affect abortion rates , including the economy and access to contraception . `` as much as 20 unborn children are still killed Between 2008 and 2011 , '' National Right to Life says .
Abortion rates are at their lowest since Between 2008 and 2011 when it was legalized . 1973 , the abortion rate fell 4 % . Several variables affect abortion rates , including the economy and access to contraception . `` as much as 20 unborn children are still killed Between 2008 and 2011 , '' National Right to Life says .