{"id":302238,"date":"2023-11-23T08:45:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T14:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=302238"},"modified":"2023-11-23T00:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T06:28:10","slug":"abortion-data-cdc-increase-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-data-cdc-increase-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Data from the CDC shows slight increase in abortions in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its latest abortion data revealing that 625,978 abortions were reported from 48 reporting areas for 2021<\/a>. This represents an increase of less than one percent (<1%) from the 620,327 legally induced abortions reported<\/a> to the CDC for 2020.<\/p>\n

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Abortion data from CDC 2021 to 2021 totals and continuous reporting areas<\/p><\/div>\n

Abortion numbers have been ticking upward since 2017. In\u00a02020<\/a>,\u00a0the Guttmacher Institute recorded<\/a> 930,160 abortions committed nationally \u2014 an increase of 67,840 over 2017. More recent estimates published by #WeCount<\/a> indicate that between June 2022 and June 2023, over one million abortions were committed nationwide.<\/p>\n

2021 Abortion Data<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2021 abortion data was provided to the CDC voluntarily from state health agencies in 48 reporting areas<\/em> (46 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City). The abortion totals for 2021 excluded states that typically record the highest number of abortions: California, Maryland, New Hampshire, and New Jersey. Not all 48 reporting areas reported all of the same data, such as gestational age at the time of the abortion or a woman’s race.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that there has never been a federal mandate that all abortion data be reported.<\/p>\n

In addition, data provided to the CDC only includes abortions obtained legally and may not include mail-order abortion pills sent from international groups such as Aid Access.<\/p>\n

“An abortion is categorized as legal when it is performed by a licensed clinician within the limits of state or jurisdiction law,” the CDC report stated.<\/p>\n

Who had the most abortions?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2021, 57%<\/strong> of abortions were committed on women in their 20s while 87%<\/strong> were committed on unmarried women. Teens obtained<\/a> the greatest percentage (30%) of abortions that were committed at or after 14 weeks among the various age groups.<\/p>\n

“In 2021, women in their 20s accounted for more than half of abortions (57.0%),” the CDC wrote. Those under 15 years of age and those over age 40 accounted for the lowest percentage of abortions and had the lowest abortion rates. However, abortion ratios were highest among adolescents. Girls under age 15 had 805 abortions per 1,000 live births and there were 381 abortions per 1,000 live births among those aged 15\u201319 years.<\/p>\n

READ: Why there can be no \u2018middle ground\u2019 on intentionally killing innocent human beings<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also in 2021, abortions committed on women who had a previous live birth (60%) outpaced the number of abortions committed on women who had never experienced a live birth (39%). Nearly 60% of women reported never having had a previous abortion in 2021, while 42% had previously undergone at least one previous abortion.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Black women accounted for a disproportionately larger percentage of abortions in both rate and ratio. Between 2020 and 2021, the abortion percentage among Black women increased nearly six percent (6%) from\u00a039.2% in 2020 to 41.5% in 2021, while the abortion percentage among Hispanic women increased by over three percent (3%). Abortion is tethered to eugenics<\/a>, and minority communities appear to still be targeted<\/a> for eugenic abortions. A more detailed analysis of abortions by race and ethnicity will be published in a separate article.<\/p>\n

Later abortions<\/strong><\/p>\n

“For 2021, among the 41 areas<\/em> that reported gestational age<\/a> at the time of abortion, 80.8% of abortions were performed at \u22649 weeks\u2019 gestation, and 93.5% were performed at \u226413 weeks\u2019 gestation,” CDC wrote.<\/p>\n

The CDC claimed that fewer abortions were performed at 14\u201320 weeks\u2019 gestation as well as at or after 21 weeks\u2019 gestation.<\/p>\n

Some of the reporting states allow abortions into the later weeks of pregnancy and are home to the most notorious late-term abortion facilities<\/a> in the nation. Therefore, it is doubtful that we will ever know just how many preborn babies are violently killed into the last months or weeks of pregnancy when they are much more likely to survive outside the womb.<\/p>\n

What the CDC’s abortion data indicates is that 4,070 preborn babies were recorded as being aborted at or past 21 weeks of pregnancy in 2021.<\/p>\n

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Abortion data by gestation CDC 2021<\/p><\/div>\n

Abortion rate\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Among 47 reporting areas<\/em> with data each year during 2012\u20132021, in 2021 … the abortion rate was 11.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15\u201344 years, and the abortion ratio was 204 abortions per 1,000 live births,” the CDC claimed.<\/p>\n

Looking at just those 47 reporting areas,<\/em> the data revealed that:<\/p>\n

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  • Between 2020-2021, the number of abortions increased by 5% (from 592,939 total abortions). Between 2012 and 2021, the total number of reported abortions decreased overall by 8% (from 673,634).<\/li>\n
  • Between 2020-2021, the abortion rate increased by 5% (from 11.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15\u201344 years). Between 2012 and 2021, the abortion rate decreased by 11% overall (from 13.1 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15\u201344 years).<\/li>\n
  • Between 2020-2021, the abortion ratio increased by 4% (from 197 abortions per 1,000 live births). Between 2012 and 2021, the abortion ratio decreased by 1% overall (from 207 abortions per 1,000 live births).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    If any reporters want some comments on the newly released @CDCgov<\/a> abortion data, feel free to DM me.<\/p>\n

    Abortions increased by about 5% between 2020 and 2021. The increase in chemical abortions played a large role in this abortion uptick.<\/p>\n

    — Michael New (@Michael_J_New) November 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n