The number of abortions taking place in the United States is at its lowest level in 40 years, according to latest figures. Compiled by the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice organisation, the new report revealed a figure of 926,200 abortions for the year 2014, the lowest figure since 1974, the first full year after the Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade decision broadened access to abortion across America. The 2014 figure represents a continued decrease in terminations over recent years, down by 32,500 on 2013. In percentage terms, the reports also reveals a 12.5% decrease in 2014 over 2011, when abortions stood well over the million mark, at 1.06 million terminations that year. “The number of abortions and the abortion rate declined steadily between 2011 and 2014, by 3–6% per year,” the report finds.