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Small decline in abortions after Row v. Wade overturned

November 30, 2024

Abortion rights protesters in San Luis Obispo

By KAREN VELIE

Even though 13 states enacted abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortions in the United States fell only 2% a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In 2021, there were 622,000 abortions performed in the United States. That number fell to 609,000 in 2022, according to a new CDC report.

Nearly all abortions in 2022 took place early in gestation: 92.8% of abortions were performed at 13 weeks or less, 6.1% were performed at 14 to 20 weeks, and 1.1% were performed at 21 or more weeks into the pregnancy.

More than 70 % of all abortions were early medication abortions.

The abortion ratio in 2022 was 199 abortions per 1,000 live births.

 


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Would be interesting to see if there’s been any effect on maternal mortality rate as well.


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It’s Roe


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I read there has been an uptick in Bible sales… don’t know if there is a connection but I thought it was interesting…


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These numbers are so ugly.


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Abortion should only be allowed for medical emergencies or under extreme circumstances, not for continual birth control. As a tax payer, I recommend you wear a condom.


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California hasn’t reported their numbers since 1997 so so it’s fair to assume those numbers are at least 12% off.


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No. Since they were omitted they are not part of the population being reported on. It may be fair to say the statistics exclude California and are not truly reflective of the population as a whole. But your 12% is pulled from a source down south. Where Opinion lies.

:-)


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You can read the report the author kindly linked in the article. California, New Jersey, Maryland and New Hampshire do not report their abortion numbers to the CDC. Those states make up more than 14% of the population in America with California being roughly 12%. I’m sorry you are a product of the public education system.


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Probably much higher than 12%, considering many women who live in states with restrictive abortion laws are coming to California for the procedure. Trump’s Project 2025 has threatened to withhold medicaid funding if the state refuses to release numbers.


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