US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion
Where there is a will, there is a way--goes the old saying.
US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/health/abortion-data-guttmacher/index.html
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN
Published 12:01 AM EDT, Tue March 19, 2024
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There were more than 1 million abortions in the US in 2023, the highest rate in more than a decade and a 10% jump from 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health that supports abortion rights. The latest trends also suggest that medication abortion is a more common option than ever.
Although abortions all but stopped in the 14 states with total bans, nearly every other state had an increase in the number of abortions provided from 2020 to 2023. As the geography of abortion care shifted amid a fractured policy landscape, the 10% increase in abortions nationwide meant that states without total bans saw a 25% increase in those years.
The “drastic loss of access in states with bans has been counterbalanced by monumental efforts on the part of clinics, abortion funds and logistical support organizations to help people in ban states access care through financial and practical support,” the authors of the report wrote.
States bordering those with bans had particularly large increases, but abortions also increased in other states where they remained legal.
“It is very possible that, while access was dramatically curtailed for people living in ban states, access substantially improved for residents of states without bans,” the authors wrote.
In addition to states policies enacted to protect patients and access to care and increased financial support from abortion funds, researchers from the Guttmacher Institute suggest that improved access to telehealth in recent years may have made medication abortion more broadly available.
Medication abortion has become more common than ever post-Roe, according to another new Guttmacher report. Nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the US in 2023 – an estimated 642,700 – were medication abortions, the report says. ....................................................................
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New Data Shows Abortions on the Rise Post-Roe
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-03-20/new-data-shows-abortions-on-the-rise-post-roe-video
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March 20th, 2024, 5:13 PM CDT
Former President Donald Trump suggested a time frame for a national ban for the first time. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall has the numbers on a new report this week finding abortions on the rise and how the issue is playing out on the campaign trail. She speaks on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power." (Source: Bloomberg)
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