Abortion Statistics By State

In many cases Guttmachers data are more comprehensive than state and federal government sources. For states where abortion data by raceethnicity are incomplete either not all four groups are included or data are missing for some years abortions are estimated assuming consistency in relative abortion ratios for the four groups.

Rate Of Abortion By State U S 2017 Statista

Other 19 states require that a second physician should be involved after some period.

Abortion statistics by state. The abortion rate is the number of abortions per 1000 women aged 15-44. Because of reporting lag the most recent data available is for 2017. Arkansas West Virginia Kentucky Mississippi North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming and Missouri.

The Guttmacher Institute is a primary source for research and policy analysis on abortion in the United States. Abortions are legal in the District of Columbia and do not need to be performed by a licensed physician. Where no data by raceethnicity are available at all for a state Connecticut Florida Illinois New Hampshire relative abortion ratios are assumed similar to overall.

The Institutes work examines the incidence of abortion access to care and barriers to obtaining services factors underlying womens decisions to terminate a pregnancy characteristics of women who have abortions. The lowest percentage of pregnancies were aborted in Idaho 5 South Dakota 4 and Wyoming 2. Guttmachers abortion statistics are estimates built on surveys of all known and suspected abortion providers.

In 2017 the highest percentage of pregnancies were aborted in the District of Columbia 37 New Jersey 32 and New York 31. Abortion Laws in Different States. Washington DCs abortion laws are the least restrictive in the United States.

Eight states only have one abortion provider left. The state abortion estimates in the table below come from the Guttmacher Institute. Wyoming 13 per 1000 women 15-44 South Dakota 31 per 1000 women 15-44 Kentucky 38 per 1000 women 15-44 Idaho 39 per 1000 women 15-44 Missouri 4 per 1000 women 15-44 Mississippi 43 per 1000 women 15-44 West Virginia.

A woman must receive an ultrasound before the procedure and a licensed physician must perform the. Published by John Elflein Oct 21 2020 From 2011 to 2017 there was a 198 percent increase in the abortion rate in the state of Wyoming compared to a decrease of 629 percent in. A survey of more than 24 million aborting women performed by the states of Florida Louisiana Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota and Utah during the years 1996 to 2020 gives us an accurate estimate of the number of hard case abortions since these are the numbers that abortion clinics must report in official documents to these states.

Total abortions fell below 1 million for the first time in 2013 count and have continued downward to 862320 in the most recent figures for 2017. For additional state-level statistics from state. Florida abortion laws state abortion is legal before 24 weeks of pregnancy.

In 43 states it is completely illegal to have an abortion unless the life of the expectant lady is in danger and the only way to protect it is through abortion. The Guttmacher Institute calculates comprehensive historical statistics on the incidence of pregnancy birth and abortion for people of reproductive age in the United States see Definitions. Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 20092018 in 2018 a total of 614820 abortions were reported the abortion rate was 113 abortions per 1000 women aged 1544 years and the abortion ratio was 189 abortions per 1000 live births.

The abortion rate for 2017 for GI was 135 abortions for every 1000 women of reproductive age 15-44 less than half what it was in 1981 293 and even lower that when abortion was legalized in the US. In most cases state health departments publish abortion statistics that are more current than the numbers reported by Guttmacher. As of 2017 the states with the highest rates of abortion included New York New Jersey Maryland and Florida.

In 2018 619591 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC from 49 reporting areas. As of that time there were around. A total of 41 states require only a licensed physician to perform an abortion.

Among 48 reporting areas with data each year during 20092018 in 2018 a total of 614820 abortions were reported the abortion rate was 113 abortions per 1000 women aged 1544 years and the abortion ratio was 189 abortions per 1000 live births. There is no ban on late-term abortions. In other 19 states abortion can only be performed after a certain duration of the pregnancy in a hospital.

WHO People whove had abortions. Our most recent release includes national statistics covering the period from 1973 to 2017 the most recent year for which comparable data are available. 51 Zeilen Here are the 10 states with the lowest rates of abortion.

Reported Legal Abortions by Race of Women Who Obtained Abortion by the State of Occurrence.

State Abortion Policy Landscape From Hostile To Supportive Guttmacher Institute