A July 1, 2014 Cal Catholic story reported that teen abortions in Minnesota had dropped 72% since the enactment of a parental notification law in 1981.

Now comes the news that it has dropped even further – to an 87% decrease.

The following comes from a June 24 story on LifeNews.com.

Teen abortions in Minnesota have declined dramatically since the state enacted a law requiring parental notification before minors undergo abortions. Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Minnesota’sparental notification requirement.

The law (MN Statute 144.343), strongly supported by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL), was passed by the Legislature with large bipartisan majorities in 1981. It requires that both parents be notified at least 48 hours before an abortion is performed on a minor girl….

Minnesota’s law was in place until 1986, when it was enjoined by a federal district court. The U.S. Supreme Court eventually ruled on June 25, 1990, in the case ofHodgson v. Minnesota, upholding both the two-parent and 48-hour requirements. The law went back into effect that year.

The annual number of minor abortions in Minnesota peaked at 2,327 in 1980, the year before the parental notification law first went into effect. Teen abortions then began to steadily decline…. In 2013 (the latest year for which data is available), minor abortions fell to 295, the lowest number on record….