In the midst of the apocalyptic hysteria surrounding the Dobbs v. Jackson decision overruling Roe v. Wade, impassioned advocates largely ignore some significant points of consensus on the always-explosive issue of abortion. There is at least one long-term development that all sides could celebrate as positive and promising.

During the last 40 years, the number of annual abortions has declined, steadily and substantially. After a sharp uptick in the first decade after Roe legalized the procedure across the country, the intentional termination of pregnancy has become less common year after year, in every region of the United States… Click here to read the full column at NEWSWEEK.com.