THE C-D-C HAS RELEASED ITS FIRST MAJOR REPORT ON ABORTION SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE VERSUS WADE NEARLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.

RESEARCHERS FOUND THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS DROPPED TWO PERCENT THAT YEAR – MAKING IT NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE YEARS BEFORE.

WHAT’S MORE IS PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWS ABORTIONS ACTUALLY WENT **UP** LAST YEAR.

THE C-D-C FOUND U-S PROVIDERS PERFORMED MORE THAN 613-THOUSAND ABORTIONS IN 2022…

ONLY SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM THE NEARLY 626-THOUSAND ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN 2021.

BUT IN 20-23 – MORE THAN A MILLION ABORTIONS WERE RECORDED IN THE U-S, ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE.

THAT’S THE HIGHEST NUMBER THE RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANIZATION HAS RECORDED IN A DECADE.

HOWEVER – THERE ARE SOME CAVEATS TO THIS DATA.

THE C-D-C’S REPORT OFFERS AN INCOMPLETE LOOK AT ABORTION IN THE UNITED STATES… BECAUSE NOT EVERY STATE REPORTS ABORTION DATA TO THE C-D-C.

THE GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE DOES INCLUDE ALL 50 STATES IN ITS REPORT.

OVERALL, THOUGH, REPORTS SHOW THE VAST MAJORITY OF ABORTIONS TOOK PLACE BEFORE NINE WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.

RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS EXPANDED ACCESS TO THE ABORTION PILL HAS PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THESE NUMBERS.

A PANDEMIC-ERA CHANGE MADE BY THE F-D-A ALLOWED FOR THE PILLS TO BE DISPENSED VIA TELEMEDICINE.

AND IN THE WAKE OF THE RULING OVERTURNING ROE VERSUS WADE… EIGHT STATES PASSED LAWS PROTECTING PROVIDERS FROM BEING SUED FOR PRESCRIBING ABORTION PILLS VIRTUALLY TO PEOPLE FROM **OTHER** STATES.

DESPITE THE OVERALL NATIONAL PICTURE, HOWEVER, BOTH THE C-D-C AND THE GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE FOUND ABORTIONS RATES DRAMATICALLY DECLINED IN STATES THAT ENACTED NEAR TOTAL BANS AFTER ROE VERSUS WADE WAS OVERTURNED – BUT STATES THAT HAVE BECOME KNOWN AS “ABORTION HAVENS” HAVE SEEN NUMBERS RISE SIGNIFICANTLY.

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