Pro-life Progress: 27 US Cities Identified as 'Abortion Deserts'
A new study found that some 27 cities could be identified as “abortion deserts,” where the nearest abortion facility is more than 100 miles away.
“What these abortion promoters call ‘abortion deserts,’ we call ‘Abortion Free Communities,’” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “These cities prove that women do not need abortion and can get along just fine without it. In cities where there are no clinics marketing abortions to women, abortions decrease – sometimes dramatically — meaning more babies have a fighting chance at life. That should be good news to everyone.”
The study, conducted primarily by the University of California San Francisco, identified Corpus Christi, Texas as the largest abortion free community in the U.S. The city has a population of more than 324,000....
