US abortions reached record high in 2023 despite legal restrictions, though access varies

There were more than a million abortions in 2023 in the formal US healthcare system, of which 63% were medication abortions—both record highs.The figures from the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organisation committed to advancing sexual and reproductive rights worldwide, are from the first full year after the US Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.12In 2023 there were an estimated 1 025 690 abortions in the formal healthcare system or 15.7 abortions per 1000 women of reproductive age, the institute reported. Some 63% of them were medication abortions, up from 53% in 2020.The authors of the report said, “This increase demonstrates that people continue to seek and obtain abortion care despite the drastic reduction of access in many states. Since the Dobbs decision in 2022, 14 states have banned abortion with limited exceptions. In addition, seven states—Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Utah—have implemented…
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