KFF February 27, 2025
Key Takeaways
- While the abortion volume in the U.S. dropped immediately following Dobbs which overturned Roe v. Wade, the total number of abortions nationally has slightly increased compared to pre-Dobbs numbers two years following the ruling. The most recent data show that there were more than one million abortions in 2023, slightly up from 930,160 abortions in 2020. For most of the decade prior to the Dobbs ruling, there was a steady decline in abortion rates nationally, with a slight uptick in the years just before the ruling.
- The upward trend in abortion volume is likely due to a combination of reasons, including expanded telehealth capacity, the ability to mail medication abortion pills to patients, and the lower charges...
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