The number of abortions in the U.S. lone somewhat dropped successful 2022, the twelvemonth the Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade, returning the powerfulness to marque laws connected termination entree backmost to the states.
Abortions declined by conscionable 2% successful 2022 compared to 2021, according to new surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The termination complaint besides dipped by 3% and the termination ratio decreased by 2%.
The full dropped from astir 622,000 abortions successful 2021 to 609,000 successful 2022, the information revealed.
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This, arsenic Republican-led states person enacted termination bans with immoderate exceptions specified arsenic aesculapian emergencies aft the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling.
Most of the abortions were reported earlier 9 weeks of gestation and much than 70% were aboriginal medicine abortions, which was akin to the numbers from earlier Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to the data.
Anit-abortion activists clasp signs extracurricular the US Supreme Court aft the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade, successful Washington, D.C., connected June 24, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
More than 6% of abortions happened betwixt 14 and 20 weeks of gestation portion astir 1% were done either astatine oregon aft 21 weeks of pregnancy, the CDC said successful its report.
Women successful their 20s made up much than fractional of abortions, the CDC said.
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The fig of abortions successful the U.S. lone somewhat dropped successful 2022, the twelvemonth the Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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The study besides said that astir 60% of the women who had abortions had besides fixed commencement before, the information revealed.
The CDC information includes numbers from 47 areas of the U.S. that person published information from 2013 until 2022.