In 2022, there were around 613 thousand legal abortions in the United States. The number of legal abortions in the United States has decreased significantly since the early 1990’s. This number will probably continue to decrease in the coming years since many states have severely limited or completely banned abortion after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022. The states with the highest abortion rates In 2022, the rate of legal abortions per live births in the United States was 19.9 per 100. In comparison, in 1990 there were 34.4 abortions per 100 live births. The states with the highest rates of abortion per live births are New Mexico, Illinois, and Florida. In Florida, there were around 37 abortions per 100 live births in 2022. Florida had the highest total number of abortions that year, followed by New York and Illinois. Missouri and South Dakota had the lowest number of abortions in 2022. Out-of-state abortions Critics of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade argue that while those who can afford it may be able to travel to other states for an abortion if their state bans the procedure, poorer residents will have no such choice. Even before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, out-of-state residents already accounted for a high share of abortions in certain states. In 2022, 69 percent of abortions in Kansas were performed on out-of-state residents, while out-of-state residents accounted for around 62 percent of abortions in New Mexico. Illinois had the highest total number of abortions performed on out-of-state residents that year, with around 16,849 procedures.
This report sets out and comments on abortion statistics in England and Wales for 2021 and provides an update to the abortion statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic: January to June 2021.
The statistics are obtained from the abortion notification forms returned to the chief medical officers of England and Wales.
Since the statistics were first published in June 2022, we have published 4 sets of corrections (in December 2022, March 2023, September 2023 and July 2025).
The corrections are listed in full in the ‘Revisions’ tab in the following files:
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Number of induced abortions, rates of induced abortions per 1,000 females of same age group, proportions of induced abortions across age groups, and ratios of induced abortions per 100 live births, by age group of patient, 1987 to 2002.
From 2020 to 2023, the state of Colorado saw an 88 percent increase in the number of abortions performed in the state. Since the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022, many states, such as Arkansas, Alabama, and Missouri, have completely banned abortion while others have seen decreases in the number of brick-and-mortar clinics that provide such services. However, many other states have seen increases in the number of abortions performed, even when the number of abortion clinics decreased.
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Hungary Vital Statistics: Induced Abortions: per 100 Live Born data was reported at 24.350 NA in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 26.222 NA for Aug 2018. Hungary Vital Statistics: Induced Abortions: per 100 Live Born data is updated monthly, averaging 43.129 NA from Jan 2002 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 201 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67.400 NA in Feb 2002 and a record low of 24.350 NA in Sep 2018. Hungary Vital Statistics: Induced Abortions: per 100 Live Born data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Hungarian Central Statistical Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Hungary – Table HU.G003: Vital Statistics.
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A volatile regulatory environment at the state and federal levels has altered the makeup and concentration of some of the many family planning services clinics offer. In addition, declining patient volume because of telehealth expansion and an uncertain future regarding government funding has led to some clinics closing and to the concentration of services in some locations or drought in others. In particular, pregnancy termination services remain concentrated in independent clinics, and with medication abortion restrictions, these independent clinics will face an increase in demand. As medication abortions represent 63.0% of U.S. cases, telehealth restrictions in 28 states (Guttmacher 2025) still restrict access to medication abortion. Despite the significant shifts in pregnancy termination services, Medicaid is available for other planning services (in-person and telemedicine) and industry revenue is expected to climb at a CAGR of 3.5% by 2025 and reach $4.7 billion, when revenue will climb by 3.2% in 2025 alone. Technology continues to impact the clinic. Virtual-only clinics are increasingly providing telehealth services. Mobile abortion clinics aim to reduce travel for women in states with legal but distant abortion access and to bring family planning to others where there is a lack of maternal healthcare. Positioned near state borders where abortion is banned, they minimize driving time. Planned Parenthood, one of the largest providers of family planning services, operates mobile clinics, bringing services to states with service restrictions and to markets with shortages or undersupply of services. State actions may continue to counter federal bans that restrict services and shift in entry. For example, the Arizona Abortion Access Act may alter a clinic's decision to open a facility in the state. However, in April 2025, the federal government withheld Title X funding from 16 organizations, impacting clinics' budgets and services, including organizations like Planned Parenthood. Continued legal actions, state funding and advocacy efforts will continue to address and reverse these freezes. Looking forward, per capita disposable income will support donations and philanthropy. Assuming compensatory services are provided in other locations to offset state regulatory actions and with moderate growth in Medicaid funding, industry revenue will climb at an annual rate of 2.8% through 2030, reaching $5.4 billion, while profit remains stable.
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Abortion statistics measure the number of induced abortions that occur in New Zealand hospitals or licensed abortion clinics.
This report sets out and comments on abortion statistics in England and Wales for 2019.
The statistics are obtained from the abortion notification forms returned to the chief medical officers of England and Wales.
Tables 10c, 10d, 11c and 11d have been removed from the document ‘Abortion statistics: data tables’ in May 2025 due to the identification of a minor error in the counts for a small number of local authorities.
This report sets out and comments on abortion statistics in England and Wales for 2017.
The statistics are obtained from the abortion notification forms returned to the chief medical officers of England and Wales.
Clinic statistics have been published for the first time.
The statistics are obtained from the abortion notification forms returned to the chief medical officers of England and Wales.
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Number of induced abortions, rates of induced abortions per 1,000 females aged 15 to 44, and ratios of induced abortions per 100 live births, by area of residence of patient (Canada, province or territory, non-residents of Canada, and abortions reported by American states) and by type of facility performing the abortion (hospital or clinic), 1970 to 2006.
Number of teen pregnancies and rates per 1,000 females, by pregnancy outcome (live births, induced abortions, or fetal loss), by age group (under 20 years, 20 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 34 years, 35 to 39 years, or 40 years and over), 1974 to 2005.
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The Abortion update contains information on notifications, to the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, of terminations of pregnancy under the Abortion Act 1967. The release includes numbers and rates for Scotland, NHS Boards and Local Council Areas. Source agency: ISD Scotland (part of NHS National Services Scotland) Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Abortions Statistics
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Abortion statistics measure the number of induced abortions that occur in New Zealand hospitals or licensed abortion clinics.
The right to access safe abortion is a highly divisive global issue. Laws prohibit abortion by request in the majority of the world and countries such as the United States are implementing increasingly restrictive laws. It is therefore imperative that we better understand why these restrictions exist, how they affect those in need of healthcare, and how they have been contested. I examined these questions through the first study on abortion travel to focus on the Global South. While almost all unsafe abortions and deaths from unsafe abortions occur in the Global South, scholarship on abortion travel has overwhelmingly focused on the Global North (Sethna and Davis 2019). Through examining the barriers that prevent women from accessing safe abortions and the strategies they devise to resist these barriers, I explored how women's bodies and movement have been regulated by law and how this results in the mobility of women and abortion medication.
This research project had the following aims: 1) To explore how governmental regimes and non-legislative barriers prohibit safe, legal abortions in Latin America. 2) To understand how pregnant women and activists devise strategies, form networks, and resist these barriers to seek reproductive healthcare through travel and the transportation of abortion medication. 3) To highlight women's experiences of being forced to undertake travel in search of abortions and use their testimonies for change.
During this research I conducted interviews with activists and professionals with expertise on the topic of abortion in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Venezuela. The results of this research have been published in a number of peer reviewed journal articles and I am currently writing a book on my findings. It has also resulted in a significant focus on engaged research projects and the non-academic outputs include a graphic novel about abortion in Mexico City, podcasts about abortion in Peru, and a global abortion database about abortion access.
The primary findings of the research are: - the argument that states in Latin America are 'states of uncare' in relation to abortion - that abortion care activists provide spaces of care where that is denied by the state - the development of 'strategic ignorance' in abortion scholarship to better understand how abortion clandestinity is maintained - the development of a 'chemical geography' of the abortion pill misoprostol - a conceptual development of a 'geography of abortion'
NOTES: 1984: Based on 9 1/2 months of reported data. 1985-1986: Since the Illinois Department of Public Health was prohibited from mandating abortion reporting by a temporary restraining order issued in 1984, these numbers were generated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from voluntary reports submitted by Illinois abortion facilities. 1987-1992: In 1987, CDC turned over the annual voluntary survey of facilities performing abortions to the Department. 1993: No data was collected. 1994: A settlement to the 1984 temporary restraining order was reached in the fall of 1993 that allowed Illinois to resume mandatory reporting of abortions. In May 1994, health care providers were notified of the settlement and the Department outlined reporting requirements, including instructions that information on all procedures from Jan. 1, 1994 on be submitted. However, since only about 1,000 abortion reports were received for the first four months of the year, data for 1994 should be considered incomplete. Data was last updated on November 5, 2013.
Review reports on Massachusetts induced termination of pregnancy from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics.
In 2024, over 154,000 post-abortion procedures were performed in Brazil, of which 133,400 were curettages. The number of manual vacuum aspirations, a procedure commonly carried out due to unsuccessful or incomplete abortions, has been consistently increasing from less than 6,000 in 2013 to over 21,000 in 2024.
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Abortion statistics measure the number of induced abortions that occur in New Zealand hospitals or licensed abortion clinics.
In 2022, there were around 613 thousand legal abortions in the United States. The number of legal abortions in the United States has decreased significantly since the early 1990’s. This number will probably continue to decrease in the coming years since many states have severely limited or completely banned abortion after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022. The states with the highest abortion rates In 2022, the rate of legal abortions per live births in the United States was 19.9 per 100. In comparison, in 1990 there were 34.4 abortions per 100 live births. The states with the highest rates of abortion per live births are New Mexico, Illinois, and Florida. In Florida, there were around 37 abortions per 100 live births in 2022. Florida had the highest total number of abortions that year, followed by New York and Illinois. Missouri and South Dakota had the lowest number of abortions in 2022. Out-of-state abortions Critics of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade argue that while those who can afford it may be able to travel to other states for an abortion if their state bans the procedure, poorer residents will have no such choice. Even before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, out-of-state residents already accounted for a high share of abortions in certain states. In 2022, 69 percent of abortions in Kansas were performed on out-of-state residents, while out-of-state residents accounted for around 62 percent of abortions in New Mexico. Illinois had the highest total number of abortions performed on out-of-state residents that year, with around 16,849 procedures.