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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 ...
For the period 2013 – 2019, the rate of mortality from legal abortion procedures in the US was 0.43 abortion-related deaths per 100,000 reported legal abortions, lower than the rates for previous 5-year periods. [325] In 2019, there were four identified deaths related to abortion in the US, out of 625,000 abortions. [325]
Abortion is legal in Guam up to 13 weeks; up to 26 weeks in cases of rape, incest, or if "the child would be born with a grave physical or mental defect"; or at any time if a physician can demonstrate "substantial risk that continuance of the pregnancy would endanger the life of the mother, or would gravely impair the physical or mental health ...
More than 1 million abortions occurred in 2023, a new report found. The rise was driven by medication abortions. Abortion rates in the U.S. at their highest in a decade, finds new report.
Data shows how abortion has changed in America one year after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade, removing federal abortion protections.
More than a dozen US states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion. View CNN’s abortion law map to see where abortions are legal, banned, or in limbo.
As of 2021, 20% of medical schools did not report providing curricular related content to abortion. [23] In the year 2022, it was projected that of that year's class of medical residents, 70.77% of the 129,295 (91,502) US medical students have medical training restricted by state laws, due to highly restrictive abortion laws.
Story at a glance The research reflects data collected from nearly 80 percent of all abortion providers in the United States. Some states that reported increased rates are located next to those ...