A new study published on Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute found that abortions were up 10% from 2020 to 2023, with several states without abortion bans or restrictions reporting increases to the number of patients who had an abortion in their state.
One researcher noted that it is "the first time there have been over a million abortions provided in the U.S. formal health care system since 2012"Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Forbes and she has also worked in broadcast television as a reporter for Hawaii-based news station KHON2 News.
The study also showed that the number of people traveling out of states with total abortion bans to bordering states and to all other states in general went up from 9% to 16%. Researchers at Guttmacher Institute noted that over 160,000 patients traveled out of state to get an abortion in 2023. Maddow-Zimet also admitted to the outlet that the “increase in the availability of medication abortion through telemedicine” is a "big part of this story” as it is “much more available now” than in 2020. to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Guttmacher Institute wrote that the new study ultimately shows that people will "continue to seek" abortions "in spite of the policy barriers that anti-abortion policymakers impose." It urged lawmakers to "pass robust laws that support people’s ability to access abortion care with dignity and respect."
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