Recently, two pro-abortion groups released data estimating the number of abortions performed on women from states like Arkansas — but families should take their findings with a grain of salt.
The Guttmacher Institute — a former research arm of Planned Parenthood — and the Society of Family Planning have both published reports in recent months that seem to indicate more women from Arkansas and other pro-life states are crossing state lines for abortion or ordering abortion pills online.
Guttmacher estimates that last year 900 women from Arkansas traveled to Kansas for abortions and 1,680 traveled to abortion facilities in Illinois.
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The problem is Guttmacher Institute estimates the number of abortions by looking at data from abortionists around the country and combining that data with “a statistical modeling approach” to estimate the total number of abortions. In the past, Guttmacher has had a reputation of overestimating abortions in some cases.
The Society of Family Planning’s “#WeCount” report released last week estimates that last year, 3,070 women in Arkansas ordered abortion pills from states with “shield laws.”
The report says it relied on data from abortion facilities each month and that “The Society [of Family Planning] provided compensation to participating facilities for each monthly submission.”
But the report also says that 17% of its abortion data was “imputed” — that is, estimated — using information from news articles, individual contacts, and other sources. The actual data tables show the report “imputed” as much as 35%-45% of the abortion data for some states.
The Society of Family Planning also admits it cannot verify how many women actually took the abortion pill after ordering it. At best, the report can only estimate how many abortion pills were ordered.
The truth is, we know that groups like Planned Parenthood are spending millions of dollars to promote abortion to women from pro-life states like Arkansas. And we know that pro-abortion states are protecting abortionists who ship abortion drugs across the country. These are serious problems we need to address.
But we also know that public opinion polling shows Arkansans oppose abortion, and there is evidence that children are alive right now because Arkansas has prohibited abortion.
Given all the gaps in the data, the abortion estimates being published by pro-abortion groups simply don’t seem reliable.
LifeNews Note: Jerry Cox is the president of the Arkansas Family Council.
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