It's a common presumption that contraception reduces the demand for abortion. Yet four decades worth of data show just the opposite - contraception fuels the demand for abortion.The following resources address the myth that contraception has lowered the demand for abortion in the United States

The Pregnancy Page - Clearing the Confusion - Since the 1960's there has been a concerted effort to redefine the meaning of pregnancy and conception. The reason for changing the meanings was to allay concerns about chemical abortion and the destruction of human embryos outside (and inside) of a woman via In Vitro Fertilization (test tube babies). Read more...

The Role of Contraception in Increasing Abortion - The sexual revolution started to make serious inroads in the mid 60s. The introduction of the birth control pill brought the revolution to new heights. The pill rapidly gained acceptance, and by 1965, 42.9 percent of married teens were using or had used oral contraception.Read more...

Possible Abortifacient Method of the Pill (video) - It is suspected that the pill can can possibly prevent the implantation of a newly created human into the uterus, interrupting pregnancy prior to implantation.  While this is abortifacient mechanism is subject to debate, it's better to err on the side of life.  View the video

Emergency Contraception Does Not Reduce Abortion - To date, no published study has been able to yield evidence for a decline of abortion rates with wider use of ‘emergency contraceptives’, although numerous studies and clinical trials have taken place that were “specifically designed to address this issue,” researchers say in a new report. Read more...

The Connection between Contraception and Abortion - Many in the pro-life movement are reluctant to make a connection between contraception and abortion. They insist that these are two very different acts — that there is all the difference in the world between contraception, which prevents a life from coming to be and abortion, which takes a life that has already begun...Read more...

Analyzing the Effect of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortion Among Minors - Wast the decline in the abortion rates a resulte of contraception? This study debunks that myth... The reduction in the incidence of abortion during the 1990s became a topic of much discussion dur­ing the 2004 presidential election. Between 1990 and 1999, the number of reported legal abortions declined by 18.4 percent. Read more...

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