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Science & Statistics for Life
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Abortion Reporting: Vermont (2018)
There were 1,204 abortions reported in Vermont in 2018, demonstrating very little change from the previous year, when 1,203 abortions were reported. However, chemical abortions increased by almost seven percent from 639 in 2017 to 681 in 2018. In 2018, chemical abortions made up 57 percent of all abortions reported in Vermont.
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Abortion Reporting: Kentucky (2018)
Kentucky’s 2018 abortion statistics were published online by the Kentucky Cabinet of Health and Family Services. Abortion totals remained steady between 2017 and 2018.
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The “No-Test Medication Abortion” Protocol: Experimenting with Women’s Health
A trend of mounting concern is occurring in abortion provision. When elective induced abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973, one oft-cited motivation was to improve abortion’s safety, as it was frequently claimed that many women were injured and sometimes died from illegal abortions. Recently, abortion advocates have changed their strategy. Whereas once they claimed they wanted abortion to be “safe, legal and rare,” now they favor immediate access and convenience to abortion for all women experiencing unintended pregnancies, regardless of whether it might be more dangerous for a woman, or whether the law prohibits it. Thus, they have begun encouraging women to seek more dangerous, “self-managed” abortions.
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State Abortion Reporting
Do you know if abortion is declining or rising in your state? What about chemical abortion? How big of a threat is Planned Parenthood in your state? Does your state even report abortion data?
Visit our new state abortion reporting map to find out.
Our Leaders & Scholars
With a current network of more than three dozen Associate Scholars from a variety of disciplines, CLI provides pro-life groups and policy makers research-based information of the highest quality.
Charles A. “Chuck” Donovan
President
David Prentice, Ph.D.
Vice President and Research Director
James Studnicki, Sc.D., MPH, MBA
Vice President and Director of Data Analytics
Tara Sander Lee, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow and Director of Life Sciences
Genevieve Plaster, M.A.
Deputy Director, Policy and Administration
Jeffrey M. Staab, J.C.D.
Director of the Lozier Library for Life, Science and Law
Tessa Longbons
Research Associate
Hannah Howard
Research Associate
Thomas M. Messner, J.D.
Senior Fellow in Legal Policy
Eugene C. Tarne
Senior Analyst
Rev. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., Ph.D., S.T.D.
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Kathi Aultman, M.D.
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Mai W. Bean
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Steven Braatz, M.D.
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Kristi Burton Brown, J.D.
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Dr. Byron C. Calhoun, M.D., FACOG, FACS, FASAM, MBA
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Steve Calvin, M.D.
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Kathryn Nix Carnahan, M.D.
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Samuel B. Casey, J.D.
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Grazie Pozo Christie, M.D.
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Maureen Condic, Ph.D.
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Scott E. Daniels, Ph.D.
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Pia de Solenni, Ph.D.
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Richard Doerflinger, M.A.
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G. Kevin Donovan, M.D., M.A.
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Teresa A. Donovan, M.P.H.
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Marguerite Duane, M.D., M.H.A., FAAFP
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Maria Feeney, Ph.D.
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Reginald Finger, M.D., M.P.H.
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Fr. Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D., Ph.D.
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Catherine Glenn Foster, J.D., M.A.
Senior Fellow in Legal Policy
Christina M. Francis, M.D.
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Katrina Furth, Ph.D.
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Moira Gaul, M.P.H.
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Mary E. Harned, J.D.
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Donna Harrison, M.D.
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Margaret H. (Peggy) Hartshorn, Ph.D.
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Anna Higgins, J.D.
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Kelly Hollowell, Ph.D., J.D.
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Elizabeth Ann M. Johnson, M.D.
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Elizabeth Kirk, J.D.
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J. Wells Logan, M.D.
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Sharon J. MacKinnon, Ph.D., RN, FNP
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Amanda Stirone Mansfield, J.D.
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Jeanneane Maxon, J.D.
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Martin McCaffrey, MD, CAPT USN (Ret)
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Marie Willke Meyers, M.D.
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Michael J. New, Ph.D.
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Sheila Page, D.O.
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Jeffrey J. Pauls, Ph.D.
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Jean Peduzzi-Nelson, Ph.D.
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Robin Pierucci, M.D., M.A.
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Katey Price, J.D.
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Sharon Quick, M.D.
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Katherine Rafferty, Ph.D., M.A.
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Monique Robles, M.D.
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Elise Rose, Ph.D., M.A.
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Bobby Schindler, M.S.
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Kathleen Schmainda, Ph.D., M.A., MSEEE, BSE
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James L. Sherley, M.D., Ph.D.
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Ingrid Skop, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
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Keiren D. Smith, M.D.
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Nora Sullivan, M.P.A
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Paul Wagle, M.A.
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Susan Wills, J.D., LL.M.
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