Abortion ranking by state

States have widely varying approaches and effectiveness in addressing abortion. Here is a ranking based on the increase or decrease in abortion rates from 2005 to 2008, the latest year for which information is available:

State  | Change in Abortion Rates 2005-2008  | Comments

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Wisconsin  | Decrease in abortion by 13%  | Improvement was then reflected in victories by Scott Walker, Ron Johnson and others in 2010
Missouri  | Decrease in abortion by 10%  | Effective laws passed around 2005 when its legislature was the most effective in the nation; nearly half of Missouri residents seeking abortion now travel to Kansas or Illinois to have them
New Jersey  | Decrease in abortion by 10%  | Birthplace of Conservapedia. Enough said?
Minnesota  | Decrease in abortion by 2%  | Governor Tim Pawlenty was elected through efforts of pro-lifers, but then gutted the implementation of the Woman's Right to Know Act that took nine years to pass; Michele Bachmann's influence has probably helped most
Ohio  | Decrease in abortion by 1%  | Legislative pro-life gains, but little pro-life legislation
California  | Up 2% over 3 years, but down 3% in the last recorded year  | Influence of Hollywood and pro-abortion politicians
Oklahoma  | Increase in abortion by 5%  | Talk is cheap in Oklahoma: it claims to have the most pro-life legislature, yet abortions keep going up
Michigan  | Increase in abortion by 5% from 2007 to 2008  | Ineffectiveness despite a large pro-life population
Arizona  | Increase in abortion by 10% from 2007 to 2008  | Little meaningful legislative effort there despite a 2/3rds Republican majority in the legislature.
Tennessee  | Increase in abortion by 10%  | Has a political leadership that is pro-life only at election time
Georgia  | Increase in abortion by 15%  | Dominated by PLINOs \- pro-life in name only. The 2011 legislature adjourned for the year without passing a single pro-life law
Texas  | Increase in abortion by 25%[1] |
Pennsylvania  | Increase in abortion by 23%  | Has a pro-abort U.S. Senator who pretends to be pro-life

(add more from the information at Guttmacher research)

## References[edit]

1. ↑ But see this article, which claims that Texas abortions have declined to 75,000 by 2010.

## See also[edit]

* Abortion rates by US state
* Abortion legislation 2011