Clinical abortions down in US in early 2025
September 30, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The number of clinical abortions performed in the US decreased in the first six months of 2025, according to statistics furnished by the Guttmacher Institute.
The figures showed a 5% decline in the number of abortions performed in states where the practice remains mostly unrestricted, and an 8% drop in the number of women reportedly crossing state lines to procure abortions. Both figures had increased slightly in 2024.
The statistics for clinical abortions do not accurately represent the overall abortion statistics, since the use of the “abortion pill”—which can be obtained over-the-counter and even by mail order—has become increasingly common.
The Guttmacher Institute is a “research and policy organization” that until 2007 was an arm of Planned Parenthood.
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