The following paragraph appeared in the Chicago Sun Times. The most significant part is emphasized.

Tom Schafer, deputy director of the state’s Office of Health Promotion, said Guttmacher has more time and leeway when an abortion provider is unresponsive. “I don’t want to question the accuracy of their numbers, but we don’t have the ability to estimate,” Schafer said. “We count actual procedures as reported to us.” He said the state counts abortions performed at about 26 facilities, in addition to those performed by between 95 and 140 individual physicians. He acknowledged that providers don’t always report all of their numbers.

This should be a reminder to all of us that often the controls and requirements for abortion reporting in the United States and elsewhere in the world ranges from mediocre to very poor.