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Fri Jun 24, 2022, 08:12 PM Jun 2022

How many abortions were recorded in Kentucky before the ban? Here's the state data

Abortion has been banned in Kentucky as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned landmark Roe v. Wade precedent Friday. The commonwealth recorded more than 4,000 pregnancy terminations in 2020, despite restrictions on the procedure.

Reproductive health care was not widely available in Kentucky even before the near-total ban, as only six facilities within the commonwealth reported performing abortions in 2020, the most recent year for which data were available.

Who terminated pregnancies in Kentucky in 2020, and where were abortions performed? Kentucky’s Annual Abortion Report of 2020 provides demographic information about patients.

Who received abortions in Kentucky?

There were 4,104 abortions recorded in Kentucky in 2020

https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-abortions-were-recorded-kentucky-152309778.html

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