McHenry County Blog

Posted 1-1-6: Read no more. I somehow read the numbers wrong. Read this correction.

Original story follows: 484 McHenry County women had abortions last year. The year before it was 452, so abortions are up 7%.

The 2004 statistics were gathered by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Throughout Illinois, abortions decreased from 42,228 in 2003 to 41,577 this year, a 1.5% reduction.

Statewide 3,341 women—8.75% of the total--came from out-of-state to obtain an abortion, about the same number as 2003’s 3,497 (just over 9% of the total).

The number of abortions on McHenry County is about 100 less than the number in Winnebago County, where the Northern Illinois Women's Center, operated by Dr. Richard Ragsdale until his death last year, is located. the similarity in numbers may indicate that McHenry County could be a target for a future abortion clinic.