73 Abortion Clinics Shut Down in 2014

A new survey conducted by Operation Rescue reported at www.lifenews.com confirms that the abortion clinic closure trend continued strongly in 2014. In all, 73 abortion facilities shut down for all or part of the year. Many of them were in Michigan.

The National Catholic Register interviewed Michael New, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan-Dear-born, who studies abortion data and its trends. He said that despite efforts of the abortion industry to recruit and train a younger generation, they have not been successful in replacing aging or retiring abortionists. “Young physicians are not really eager to perform abortions… And most of the people who go through these [abortion training] programs, either decide not to, or they go to cities where abortions are still pretty easy to get.”

New added that Guttmacher Institute data on abortion also confirms the observation that a “higher percentage of women” facing pregnancy are choosing to carry their unborn children to term.