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Nearly 19,500 abortions occurred in 2023, up from 12,319 in 2022, according to statistics published Friday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The number represents a 58% increase ...
In 2023, 63% of all abortions were by medications, an increase from 53% in 2020. The study also noted that those seeking abortions are also able to seek financial assistance to help cover the cost.
Planned Parenthood said in its 2022-2023 annual report, that it received nearly $700 million in federal reimbursements and grants from the Biden administration from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.
Abortion statistics are commonly presented as the number of abortions, the abortion rate (the number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44), and the abortion ratio. The Guttmacher Institute defines the abortion ratio as the number of abortions per 100 pregnancies ending in an abortion or a live birth, excluding miscarriages, [ 1 ] and the ...
In 2017, there were two Planned Parenthood clinics, neither of which offered abortion services, in a state with a population of 996,488 women aged 15–49. North Dakota, Wyoming, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia were the only six states as of July 21, 2017, not to have a Planned Parenthood clinic that offered abortion ...
By 2020, medication abortions accounted for more than 50% of all abortions. [312] In 2023, medication abortions obtained within the formal health care system had risen to 63% of all abortions, with the total percentage (which would include self-managed abortions by individuals in states with total bans) likely higher. [23]
The new clinic, just across the state line in Pittsburg, expects to serve patients in Missouri and other states.
On June 24, 2022, in a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v.Wade and Planned Parenthood v.Casey. [9] The decision was divisive among the American public, [10] with 55 to 60% "split between those who think that it (abortion) should be mostly legal with some exceptions and mostly illegal but with exceptions" [11] and was generally condemned by international observers and ...