Abortion levels in New Zealand have dropped 20 percent in five years and have fallen to their lowest levels in 20 years, LifeNews.com reports.
LifeNews.com cites a New Zealand news report:
The number of women having abortions in New Zealand has dropped to its lowest rate in almost 20 years and significantly fewer teenagers are having the procedure.
In 2012, 14,745 women had abortions in NZ, down from 18,382 five years earlier.
Women in their 20s were most likely to have an abortion, followed by 15- to 19-year-olds. Women over 45 were the group with the lowest number of abortions.
The number of girls under 14 having abortions more than halved – from 104 in 2007 to 51 in 2012. The number of girls in the 15- to 19-year-old group also dropped substantially – from 4173 to 2489.
According to an expert LifeNews.com spoke to, abortions are falling because fewer doctors want to perform them.
