Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortions in the U.S. remained consistently elevated.
at the end of 2023 turned to telehealth for treatment, allowing them to circumvent state laws banning the procedure, according to a nationalRoe v. Wade, the volume of abortions has increased in part due to new state laws providing legal protections to clinicians who offer telehealth abortion care to patients inNearly half of all telehealth abortions provided between October to December were done under shield law protections, per #WeCount.
to an average of 8,000 per month for the first time from October to December 2023, according to the report. Excluding those, the monthly average number of abortions in 2023 was 86,000 — higher than the monthly average of 82,000 abortions in 2022, the #WeCount report found.The states with the largest increases in abortion volume over the 18 months following the Dobbs ruling included Illinois, Florida and California.— which went into effect this month as one of the strictest limits in the nation — will drastically change its role as a post-Roe refuge for people seeking care in the U.S. South.
There have also been large increases in states that are geographically distant from states with abortion bans, including California, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts — likely due to an influx of out-of-state travelers seeking access to care as well as increased abortions among residents, per the report.
"The loss of clinic based care—which makes up more than 80% of abortion care—is a devastating loss to access for people across wide swaths of the country," she added.
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