Did abortions increase under Bush?

That was the claim made by Christian ethicist Glen Stassen. Stassen and others inferred that an increase in “economic injustice” because of Bush’s policies was the culprit.

But according to this (via Amy Welborn) that claim is, well, false:

Politicians from Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Howard Dean have recently contended that abortions have increased since George W. Bush took office in 2001.

This claim is false. It’s based on an an opinion piece that used data from only 16 states. A study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute of 43 states found that abortions have actually decreased.

(Needless to say, the Alan Guttmacher Institute is hardly a bastion of anti-abortion propaganda!)