“a wealth of empirical data supports the view that traditional pro-life policies, such as informed-consent laws, Medicaid funding restrictions, and parental-notice or -consent laws, have all been shown to reduce abortion rates,” writes Heritage’s Andrew Grossman.

It goes on to show that the 17.4 percent drop in the number of abortions nationwide between 1990 and 1999 is not attributable to the Clinton administration’s policies, but instead to pro-life laws implemented at the state level and the success of pro-life candidates in state elections from 1994 on.