Event:
The 2011 abortion rate reportedly is at its lowest in 30 years; the rate of 16.9 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age was 19.4 per thousand in 2008, and 29.3 per thousand in 1981
More Notable Events on February 3:
1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs
