{"id":304581,"date":"2024-01-05T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=304581"},"modified":"2024-01-18T12:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:57:27","slug":"2023-abortions-highest-still-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/2023-abortions-highest-still-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Though abortions in 2023 could be the highest recently reported, there is still good news"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion numbers for 2023 are likely to reach over one million, the highest recorded in recent years.<\/p>\n

A review of Guttmacher’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study showed that between January 2023 and October of 2023, nearly 900,000 abortions were estimated<\/a> to have been committed during this time.<\/p>\n

The data revealed that in this timeframe, an average of 88,000 abortions were estimated to have occurred each month.\u00a0 Extrapolating this data for the remaining portion of the year reveals that 2023 abortion are likely to reach over one million \u2014 the highest recorded since 2011. The Guttmacher Institute noted in a January 2024 email:<\/p>\n

In the first 10 months of 2023, there were an estimated 878,000 abortions in the formal US health care system, 94% as many abortions as were provided in 2020 (930,000). Approximately 88,000 abortions have been provided in the formal health care system per month so far in 2023, so with two months of data yet to be published, it is very likely that the total number of abortions provided in 2023 will substantially exceed 2020 numbers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Guttmacher and CDC Abortion stats (2000 – 2020) and (1973 – 2020) (Graph: Live Action News)<\/p><\/div>\n

Guttmacher’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study reportedly “produces national and state estimates of the number of abortions provided within the formal health care system in the United States.”<\/p>\n

“These include abortions provided at brick-and-mortar health care facilities (such as clinics or doctor\u2019s offices) as well as medication abortions provided via telehealth and virtual providers located in the United States. This study does not collect data on self-managed abortions, which we define as abortions occurring without in-person or virtual contact with the formal health care system,” the former “special affiliate” of Planned Parenthood wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Estimated abortion numbers Jan to Sep 2023 (Guttmacher Institute’s Monthly Provision Study)<\/p><\/div>\n

“The study\u2019s estimates are generated by a statistical model that combines data from samples of providers with historical data on the caseload of every US provider. As more data are collected each month, estimates for past months become more precise. Each estimate is expressed as an uncertainty interval, which quantifies our confidence that the true value falls within a particular range,” Guttmacher also stated online.<\/p>\n

Additional Abortion Data\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abortion numbers have been ticking upward since 2017.<\/p>\n

In 2020<\/a>, before Roe<\/em> was overturned, Guttmacher recorded<\/a> 930,160 abortions committed nationally \u2014 an increase of 67,840 over the 862,320 reported in 2017.<\/p>\n

Live Action News previously<\/a> documented that in 2021<\/a>, the CDC recorded 625,978 total abortions reported nationally from 48 reporting areas. CDC revealed<\/a> that unmarried women, those in their 20s, and women who have experienced a previous \u2018live birth\u2019 but never had a prior abortion were among those who obtained the majority of abortions. Tragically, Black women<\/a> saw the highest rate and ratio of abortions that same year.<\/p>\n

But previously reported estimates published<\/a> by Society of Family Planning (SFP) appear to confirm the possibility of reaching over one million abortions in 2023.<\/p>\n

SFP’s October 2023 #WeCount data<\/a> estimated that 1,072,240 preborn babies were killed after the reversal of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, between June 2022 and June 2023. This includes 88,600 committed by virtual-only abortion pill dispensaries.<\/p>\n

Abortion Travel Doubled Since 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abortion travel could be driving the higher-than-expected numbers.<\/p>\n

“According to the Guttmacher Institute… about 92,100 women crossed state lines for an abortion in the first half of 2023 – more than double the number in a six-month period in 2020,” Reuters recently reported<\/a>. “Some states, like Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Idaho, have sought to stop that by making it a crime to help, or pay for, such travel. Lawsuits over such measures are pending in Alabama and Idaho.”<\/p>\n

In 2023 alone, according to Guttmacher, nearly one in five women traveled<\/a> out of state for an abortion, double the number in 2020.<\/p>\n

“According to the latest data from the Guttmacher Institute\u2019s\u00a0Monthly Abortion Provision Study<\/a>, the proportion of patients traveling to other states to obtain abortion care has doubled in recent years, reaching nearly one in five in the first half of 2023, compared with\u00a0one in 10 in 2020<\/a>,” the pro-abortion group wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In an internet filled with abortion misinformation, I want to uplift the latest data from @Guttmacher<\/a>: 1 in 5 patients will travel out of state for abortion care in 2023. A surge compared to 2020 \u2014 and, unfortunately, our new normal. https:\/\/t.co\/yckCq70K0L<\/a><\/p>\n

— Alexis McGill Johnson (@alexismcgill) December 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n