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"Three years after the US supreme court overturned
Roe v Wade, erasing the
national right to abortion and paving the way for more than a dozen states to
ban the procedure, the number of abortions performed in the US is still on the
rise – including in some states that ban the procedure.
US abortion providers performed 1.14m abortions in 2024, according to new data
released on Monday by #WeCount, a Society of Family Planning project that has
tracked abortion provision since 2022. That’s the highest number on record in
recent years.
“We were really surprised to see the numbers go up over time,” said Ushma
Upadhyay, a University of California, San Francisco professor who serves as
co-chair of the #WeCount steering committee. “Abortion bans haven’t really
stopped people from needing abortion care. It’s just made it harder for them to
be able to get it.”
Although most of the abortions documented in #WeCount’s report took place in
person, a growing number of abortions are occurring through telehealth,
including among patients living in one of the dozen-plus states that ban
virtually all abortions. In a telehealth abortion, patients generally meet
virtually with a provider before receiving abortion pills through the mail. By
December 2023, 19% of abortions took place through telehealth – but by December
2024, that share had risen to 25%.
In the last three months of 2024 alone, more than 70,000 abortions were
performed through telehealth. These abortions are particularly popular in
states with large rural regions, such as Montana, Nevada and Hawaii."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
