The variety of abortions within the U.S. solely barely dropped in 2022, the yr the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe. v. Wade, returning the facility to make legal guidelines on abortion entry again to the states.
Abortions declined by simply 2% in 2022 in comparison with 2021, in accordance with new surveillance information from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. The abortion price additionally dipped by 3% and the abortion ratio decreased by 2%.
The overall dropped from about 622,000 abortions in 2021 to 609,000 in 2022, the information revealed.
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An abortion-rights demonstrator holds an indication demanding, “KEEP ABORTION LEGAL.” (AP)
This, as Republican-led states have enacted abortion bans with some exceptions resembling medical emergencies after the Supreme Courtroom’s 2022 ruling.
Many of the abortions have been reported earlier than 9 weeks of being pregnant and greater than 70% have been early treatment abortions, which was much like the numbers from earlier than Roe v. Wade was overturned, in accordance with the information.
Anit-abortion activists maintain indicators outdoors the US Supreme Courtroom after the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade, in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2022. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Greater than 6% of abortions occurred between 14 and 20 weeks of being pregnant whereas about 1% have been performed both at or after 21 weeks of being pregnant, the CDC stated in its report.
Ladies of their 20s made up greater than half of abortions, the CDC stated.
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The variety of abortions within the U.S. solely barely dropped in 2022, the yr the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe. v. Wade. (AP Photograph/Mariam Zuhaib)
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The report additionally stated that just about 60% of the ladies who had abortions had additionally given beginning earlier than, the information revealed.
The CDC information contains numbers from 47 areas of the U.S. which have printed information from 2013 till 2022.
