{"id":263302,"date":"2022-02-24T14:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T20:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=263302"},"modified":"2022-02-28T23:51:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T05:51:20","slug":"majority-abortions-us-done-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/majority-abortions-us-done-abortion-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Majority of abortions in US now done by abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The abortion pill has “crossed the threshold to become the majority of all abortions” committed in the United States,\u00a0according to a preliminary analysis by the Guttmacher Institute. Planned Parenthood’s former \u201cspecial affiliate<\/a>” and research arm now estimates that chemical abortion pills made up an alarming estimated 54% of all US abortions in 2020. The latest percentage was compiled from data sent to Guttmacher by approximately 75% of US abortion facilities that committed abortions in 2020, and only includes “provision of medication abortion overseen by clinicians” and does not include abortions that were “self-managed.”<\/p>\n

In reviewing upcoming data for 2020, Guttmacher found that the\u00a0preliminary data<\/a> shows that 2020 was “the first [year] medication abortion crossed the threshold to become the majority of all abortions and it is a significant jump from 39% in 2017, when Guttmacher last reported these data…. [F]inal estimates will be released in late 2022 and the proportion for medication abortion use is not expected to fall below 50%.”<\/p>\n

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Abortion pill makes up majority of all US abortion in 2020 at 54% (Graph: Guttmacher Institute)<\/p><\/div>\n

The abortion pill regimen is made up of two drugs; mifepristone blocks the natural hormone progesterone in a woman’s body and thins the lining of her uterus, depriving the baby of important nutrients. The second drug in the regimen is misoprostol, an ulcer drug never intended<\/a> for use during a pregnancy, which causes heavy bleeding and contractions strong enough to expel the preborn child.<\/p>\n

The abortion pill regimen has only been approved for use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy (70 days). By the industry’s own admission<\/a>, abortion pill failure is more likely to occur as gestational age increases, yet the industry openly\u00a0flouts FDA safety requirements<\/a> and commits abortions past the FDA’s 10-week limit.<\/p>\n

Nearly 500K abortions committed yearly using abortion-inducing drugs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guttmacher data relies on surveys sent to the nation’s abortion providers, so it tends to be more comprehensive<\/a> than the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which publishes data provided to it by states that require abortionists to report. Since multiple states with potentially high abortion numbers are not required by state law to report, the latest data published<\/a> by the CDC\u00a0showed<\/a>\u00a0the abortion pill comprised 44.3% of US abortions in 2019, <\/em>excluding data from 10 reporting areas.<\/p>\n

Guttmacher’s comprehensive national abortion totals are, as of the publication of this article,\u00a0years<\/em> behind and only include abortions committed in\u00a02017<\/a>. A\u00a0recent survey collecting information for 2019 and 2020 is still underway, the organization claims.\u00a0However, using the\u00a0862,320 abortion number recorded by Guttmacher for 2017<\/a>, we can estimate that about 465,000 abortions are now being committed annually in the United States using abortion drugs.<\/p>\n