By Katelynn Richardson
Abortions dropped by nearly 96% in the thirteen states with bans compared to the months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, a report released Tuesday shows.
From July to December 2022, thirteen states with bans in place—Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin—saw an average of 7,235 fewer abortions per month compared to the April and May before Roe v. Wade was overturned. There was an average of 265 abortions per month in these states during the six-month period, according to the Society for Family Planning’s new report.
States with abortion restrictions also experienced significant declines. Georgia, Ohio and Arizona, which all passed restrictions at various points in pregnancy, saw average post-Dobbs monthly declines of 1,822, 820, and 755, respectively.
Tessa Longbons, a research associate with the Charlotte Lozier Institute, called the report “good news,” noting it is evidence pro-life laws are “saving lives” and “contributing to a drop in abortion nationwide.”
“It means babies are being saved,” she said. “It means women are being protected from the harms of abortion.”
Prior to the Dobbs decision, abortions had been on an upward trend since 2017, according to Guttmacher Institute data. Across the entire country, the report shows there were 5,377 fewer monthly abortions post-Dobbs, dropping from a monthly average of 82,270 before the decision to 77,073 after.
However, states that permit abortion saw an average increase of 1,858 more abortions per month after the Dobbs decision. By December, telehealth clinics in these states were providing an average of 8,540 monthly abortions, up from 3,590 in April.
Longbons said the increase in telehealth abortions is a result of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to “relax” protections and allow abortion pills to be sent through the mail.
The number in the report, she noted, also “doesn’t include the abortion pills that are being shipped illegally”—showing why better oversight is needed and why the Texas lawsuit challenging the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill is “so important.”
Over the six-months post-Dobbs period, the states that saw the greatest increase in abortions were Florida, at 7,190 more; Illinois, at 6,840 more; North Carolina, at 4,730 more; Colorado, at 2,580 more; and Michigan at 2,490 more.
States with the largest decreases were Texas, with 15,540 fewer abortions; Georgia, with 10,930 fewer; Tennessee, with 6,560 fewer; Ohio, with 4,920 fewer; Arizona, with 4,650 fewer; and Louisiana with 4,250 fewer.
Longbons did point out one concerning aspect of the report.
“We really don’t have good data on abortion nationwide,” she said. “We shouldn’t have to rely on surveys of the abortion industry to be able to measure the impact of abortion policy.”
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Perhaps it is time to rebrand “Planned “Parenthood.”” The name does not fit the intent of their business model. The marketing is geared toward a customer base seeking their services mainly for “unplanned” circumstances. Parenthood is not their preferred service, recommendation, or outcome. They certainly are not marketing the means in which not to get pregnant, get tested, or protect oneself from transmitted viruses or diseases. They need a new VP marketing hire like Bud Light to accurately represent their true service and attract new, youthful consumers to their brand.
“And you wonder why we have labor issues in this country?” Cringe.
That’s exactly how Hitler, evil to his core, exploited women’s bodies. Here removed them from the workforce to stay home barefoot and pregnant to increase the workforce.
Is that the best you’ve got Joy?
Biden and the Border Czar Queen Kamala (that NH sent packing first with less than 2% of the vote in the Primary) is allowing our southern border to be wide open where millions of unvetted illegal aliens flow in like a river.. is THAT is a better solution?
Is replacing our population with abortion, Transgenderism and then open borders better? —because that is what your Big Guy and his Czar is doing.
Abortion is Murder Joy, it’s murdering an innocent human being in the womb.
How interesting that you don’t like Hitler but murdering millions of babies is okay with you.
The number of abortions is the population of fairly large cities.. killed every single month.
These are people being killed.. we need understand that.
Every single abortion is a person that never got to live.
And you wonder why we have labor issues in this country?
And states like Vermont that are depopulating.. look at your abortion numbers.
There are countries in Eastern Europe, like Poland, that understand “No Families No Future” and they are making much more family friendly legislation.
Silly Vermont celebrates the right to murder your own child and then tries to pay people to move to the state..