Annual Abortion Report Calls for Parental Notification Law in Connecticut, Four 12-year-old Girls Received Abortions in 2017
HARTFORD, Conn. – (Nov. 01, 2018) In its eleventh annual State of Abortion in Connecticut report the Connecticut Catholic Conference, which is the public policy office of the Catholic Bishops in Connecticut, calls for adoption of a parental notification law similar to the laws passed in forty-three other states, including the bordering states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The report also highlights that abortions in Connecticut have declined by 33.6% since 2008, reflective of the national trend. The largest decline of any age group was 72% among minors under 18 years of age. The abortion rate for all age groups declined from 20.9 to 13.9 abortions per 1000 women.
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