{"id":302311,"date":"2023-11-29T14:36:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T20:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=302311"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:28:24","slug":"abortion-black-hispanic-increased-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-black-hispanic-increased-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortions among Black and Hispanic populations increased in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion among communities of color increased in 2021, according to recently published abortion data released<\/a> by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Black women saw the highest abortion percentage, rate, and ratio that same year.<\/p>\n

The most recent report, dated November 24, 2023, documented a total of 625,978 abortions reported to the CDC from 48 reporting areas in 2021<\/a>. Out of those, just 394,757 abortions from 33 areas<\/em> were reported<\/a> by race or ethnicity for 2021. The data excluded critical abortions out of “19 reporting areas (California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York State, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin) that did not report, did not report by race and ethnicity, or did not meet reporting standards,” the CDC claimed.<\/p>\n

There are no federal mandates to report all abortions.<\/p>\n

Abortion Disproportionately Impacts Communities of Color<\/strong><\/p>\n

Population data published<\/a> by KFF (Kaiser) indicates that abortion disproportionately impacts communities of color, specifically Black and Hispanic populations.<\/p>\n

According to the CDC, in 2021 “non-Hispanic White (White) women and non-Hispanic Black (Black) women accounted for the highest percentages of all abortions (30.2% and 41.5%, respectively), and Hispanic women and non-Hispanic women in the other race category accounted for lower percentages (21.8% and 6.5%, respectively).”<\/p>\n

The data also showed that Black women accounted for a disproportionately larger percentage, rate, and ratio of abortions.<\/p>\n

The abortion percentage among white women decreased<\/em> (32.7% in 2020<\/a> v. 30.2% in 2021)<\/a> as did those in the “other” group category (7% in 2020<\/a> to 6.5% by 2021<\/a>).<\/p>\n

At the same time, the abortion percentage increased<\/em> nearly six percent (5.86%) among Black women (39.2% in 2020<\/a> v. 41.5% in 2021)<\/a>. Likewise, Hispanic women also saw an abortion percentage increase<\/em> of over three percent (3.3%) in 2021, (21.7% in 2020<\/a> v. 21.8% in 2021)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Abortion Estimates (Race\/Ethnicity)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The CDC’s reported data for race and ethnicity<\/a> totaled 394,757 abortions in 2021 from only 33 reporting areas.\u00a0<\/em>Total abortion estimates<\/em> by race\/ethnicity were calculated by multiplying 2021 abortion percentages with the total<\/em> number of abortions (625,978)<\/em>:<\/p>\n