The variety of girls receiving authorized abortions fell by greater than 6% within the six months after the Supreme Court docket overturned Roe v. Wade, in keeping with a brand new report.
A report by the Society for Household Planning, a company that analyzes abortion information, mentioned there have been 32,260 fewer abortions from July to December in contrast with the common variety of month-to-month abortions whereas Roe was nonetheless in impact.
On common, there have been 5,377 fewer abortions within the U.S. every month after the Supreme Court docket overturned Roe in its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Ladies’s Well being Group final June.
States with the largest drop off within the variety of abortions between July and December weren’t solely states that enacted whole bans on the process.
Whereas Texas (15,540 fewer abortions), Tennessee (6,560 fewer abortions) and Louisiana (4,250 fewer abortions) noticed declines after their bans went into impact, states that solely restricted the follow nonetheless noticed their numbers go down. That included Ohio (4,920 fewer abortions), Arizona (4,650 fewer abortions), and Georgia (10,930 fewer abortions), which the report mentioned noticed a 40% lower in abortions.
States with the best improve within the variety of abortions after Roe was overturned have been Florida (7,190 extra abortions), Illinois (6,840 extra abortions), North Carolina (4,730 extra abortions), Colorado (2,580 extra abortions) and Michigan (2,490 extra abortions).
However the report does counsel that extra girls turned to telehealth to obtain abortion care. Telehealth accounted for 4% of all abortions in April. That quantity jumped to 9% by December.
The report appeared on the variety of abortions between April and December 2022 amongst all clinics, non-public practices, hospitals and digital clinics identified to supply the process as of early 2022. Â
