Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Rigid Bans, Study Says

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A new analysis shows how many women in states with bans are seeking
procedures or pills from out-of-state providers.

In nearly every state that has banned abortion, the number of women receiving
abortions increased between 2020 and the end of 2023, according to the most
comprehensive account of all abortions by state since the overturning of Roe
v. Wade.

In the 13 states that enacted near-total abortion bans, the number of women
receiving abortions increased in all but three, according to the study. Some
women traveled to clinics in states where abortions were legal. Others
ordered abortion pills from U.S. doctors online, after doctors in other
states started writing prescriptions under shield laws that protect them when
they provide mail-order pills to patients in states with bans.

The only states with bans where abortion fell during this period were Texas,
where the decrease was small; Idaho, where it was larger; and Oklahoma, where
the data showed an unusually large number of abortions in 2020.

Note: The 2020 data, from the Guttmacher Institute, is a 12-month total
divided in half to get a six-month estimate. That is also true of the 2023
interstate travel data. The 2023 mail-order data, from WeCount, covers July
through December.

Nationwide, the study also found that abortions have continued to rise. There
were roughly 587,000 abortions in the first half of this year, an increase of
more than 12 percent from the same period in 2023.

“It’s a surprise to everyone,” said David S. Cohen, co-author of the coming
book “After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion” and a
law professor at Drexel University. “I think most people thought there would
be creativity and determination that would still get a lot of people
abortions once Roe v. Wade was overturned. But I don’t think anyone thought
it would stay the same, let alone go up.”

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[John Doe]

Post by Ubiquitous
A new analysis shows how many women in states with bans are seeking
procedures or pills from out-of-state providers.
In nearly every state that has banned abortion, the number of women receiving
abortions increased between 2020 and the end of 2023, according to the most
comprehensive account of all abortions by state since the overturning of Roe
v. Wade.
In the 13 states that enacted near-total abortion bans, the number of women
receiving abortions increased in all but three, according to the study. Some
women traveled to clinics in states where abortions were legal. Others
ordered abortion pills from U.S. doctors online, after doctors in other
states started writing prescriptions under shield laws that protect them when
they provide mail-order pills to patients in states with bans.
The only states with bans where abortion fell during this period were Texas,
where the decrease was small; Idaho, where it was larger; and Oklahoma, where
the data showed an unusually large number of abortions in 2020.
Note: The 2020 data, from the Guttmacher Institute, is a 12-month total
divided in half to get a six-month estimate. That is also true of the 2023
interstate travel data. The 2023 mail-order data, from WeCount, covers July
through December.
Nationwide, the study also found that abortions have continued to rise. There
were roughly 587,000 abortions in the first half of this year, an increase of
more than 12 percent from the same period in 2023.
“It’s a surprise to everyone,” said David S. Cohen, co-author of the coming
book “After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but Not Abortion” and a
law professor at Drexel University. “I think most people thought there would
be creativity and determination that would still get a lot of people
abortions once Roe v. Wade was overturned. But I don’t think anyone thought
it would stay the same, let alone go up.”

As a wise person once said, "Anyone who thinks he can regulate what
happens between a woman and a fetus is unclear on the concept."

What's changed is that the infant mortality rate has gone up and women's
mortality rate has gone up.

Whether that's the goal or an unintended consequence is unclear. But I
hope the voters will say they don't want the government making people's
healthcare decisions for them.