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Thank you. ordinarily, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving

issue their annual abortion data.

It's a year old data, but such as it is, it is the best numbers

we have for abortion in the United States. But why are these numbers so bad, even though, well,

they're better than nothing? Welcome back to Issues CETRA. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to talk about the CDC's delay

in releasing annual abortion data, Dr. Michael New. He's visiting assistant professor of social

research and political science at the Catholic University of America, senior associate scholar

at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, Page Comstock Cunningham Fellow, with Americans United

for Life and a columnist for National Review Online. Dr. New, welcome back.

Thanks having me. Much appreciated. How would you evaluate the annual abortion data from the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? The annual abortion data could be approved upon.

There are delays. I mean, right now, the most recent

abortion data we have from the CDC is from calendar year 2022. Not every state reports data the CDC.

Those states that do report don't always report data completely. So I'll talk about the details later

on, but there is plenty of room for improvement.

Why is this data useful?

Even though it's incomplete and there's room for improvement, the data does some good things.

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