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DATE: THURSDAY, June 16, 1994                   TAG: 9406230039
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

ABORTIONS AT LOWEST LEVEL IN 15 YEARS

Abortion has dropped to its lowest level in the United States since 1979, a decline that researchers said Wednesday shows no sign of ending.

U.S. women received 1.53 million abortions in 1992, about 28,000 fewer than in 1991 and the lowest number recorded since the 1.49 million counted in 1979, according to a new survey by the Alan Guttmacher Institute.

The numbers had been inching down since the late 1980, but the new data, the latest available, confirm a clear trend, said institute researcher Stanley Henshaw.

by CNB