Maine’s 2024 abortion report was published in November 2025. The report indicates that abortions decreased from 2023 to 2024. Below, Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) summarizes the information in the abortion report published by the state. This data does not include the total number of abortions obtained by Maine residents out of state or the number of self-managed abortions performed by women outside of the healthcare system. The report also does not contain the number of mail-order abortion drugs obtained by Maine residents prescribed by licensed providers in Maine or in other states. In a separate section, CLI will describe data provided by the Guttmacher Institute’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study that details the total number of abortions occurring in the state in 2024 as estimated by its sample survey and mathematical models. Guttmacher’s abortion estimates include the number of abortions obtained at brick-and-mortar facilities and those provided via telehealth and virtual providers in the United States.
Maine’s statute code defines abortion as “the intentional interruption of a pregnancy by the application of external agents, whether chemical or physical or by the ingestion of chemical agents with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus” (22 M.R.S. §1598).
In Maine, abortion is widely available throughout pregnancy because of the state’s ineffective gestational limit at viability. While the language of the law limits abortion after viability, the law contains a broad health (life and health of the mother) exception that doesn’t differentiate between physical and mental health, which, in turn, allows abortion throughout pregnancy for nearly any reason (22 M.R.S. §1598).
Statistics and Changes in Maine Abortions, 2023-2024
The report does not include information on Planned Parenthood’s Maine abortion market share.
Abortion Totals and Trends
There were 2,305 abortions reported in Maine in 2024, down 8% from the 2,502 reported in 2023. Drug-induced abortions decreased as well, by 5.4%, from 1,763 in 2023 to 1,667 in 2024 (Fig. 1). CLI estimates that Maine’s abortion rate in 2024 was 9.2 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, a decrease of 9% from 2023’s abortion rate of 10.1 (Fig. 2).1 As of January 2026, 24 states have reported 2024 data and 10 have shown a decrease in abortions from 2023.
State Report Summary
Ninety-five percent of abortions reported in Maine in 2024 were performed on state residents, and 5% on non-residents. New Hampshire had the greatest number of women (65) obtain abortions in Maine, followed by Florida (13) and Massachusetts (10). It is unclear why there was a decrease in reported abortions in Maine, as the percentage of abortions performed on residents and non-residents stayed the same from 2023 to 2024.
Eleven percent of the abortions were performed on girls under the age of 20, including 3% on girls under the age of 18. Fifty-two percent were performed on women in their twenties, with 25% on women ages 20 to 24 and 27% on women ages 25 to 29. Thirty-three percent of Maine abortions were performed on women in their thirties and 5% on women aged 40 or older. Age was not reported for one abortion.
As a result of the passage of H.P. 1044 into law in July 2023, the state stopped reporting several categories of demographic data related to abortion. Consequently, both Maine’s 2023 and 2024 abortion data did not contain information on the number of abortions by race, marital status, or previous pregnancy history.
In 2024, drug-induced abortions made up 72% of the abortions reported in Maine. Twenty-two percent of the abortions were performed using suction curettage and 6% using a dilation and evacuation procedure. Fourteen abortions were performed via sharp curettage. The number of drug-induced abortions decreased slightly (-5%) from 2023 to 2024 while suction curettage abortions experienced a more significant decrease (-16%). The number of sharp curettage abortions significantly increased from three abortions in 2023 to 14 in 2024.
Seventy-eight percent of the abortions were performed earlier than nine weeks of gestation, 12% between nine and 10 weeks, and 4% between 11 and 12 weeks. Three percent were performed from 13 to 15 weeks and 2% from 16 to 19 weeks. Seventeen abortions were reported at 20 weeks of gestation or later, and four were reported at an unknown gestational age. The number of abortions performed at 20 weeks or later decreased by 41% from 2023 when 29 abortions were performed in this interval. The number of abortions at nearly every gestational week decreased from 2023 to 2024, with the largest percentage decrease (-67%) being seen in abortions performed at 19 weeks of gestation.
Abortion Provider Breakdown in Maine2
| # of brick-and-mortar locations | 24 |
| # of independent centers | 19 |
| # of Planned Parenthood centers | 4 |
| # of hospitals/doctors’ offices that perform abortions | 1 |
| # of abortion drug providers | 24 |
| # of abortion drug-only providers | 21 |
| # of surgical and abortion drug providers | 3 |
| # of online mail-order abortion drug companies licensed in the state | 19 |
| # of brick-and-mortar locations that also mail abortion drugs | 18 |
| Latest gestational age that a center performs surgical abortion | Through 21 weeks |
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Guttmacher Data3
In 2024, Guttmacher estimated that 2,820 abortions occurred in Maine, while the state reported that 2,305 occurred in the state. Guttmacher estimated that 120 women from New Hampshire traveled to Maine to obtain abortions, compared to the 65 that the state estimated. Furthermore, Guttmacher estimated that 2,640 abortions were performed in Maine on state residents, while Maine estimated that 2,182 resident abortions occurred. Guttmacher does not count numbers under 100 in its data, so there may be some resident women who traveled outside of Maine to obtain an abortion. However, the number is likely small given Maine’s permissive abortion laws.
Data from the Society of Family Planning (SFP) gives additional context on abortion totals. Their #WeCount project estimated that of 3,000 abortions occurring in Maine, 2,240 were performed in person at brick-and-mortar facilities and 580 were performed via mail-order abortion drugs, while 180 were performed at hybrid brick-and-mortar facilities.4 While #WeCount’s occurrence total is higher (3,000) than Guttmacher’s (2,820), it appears both totals account for mail-order abortion drugs sent to Maine women, while the state’s total (2,305) does not.
State Ranking
In 2024, CLI published a paper reevaluating states’ abortion reporting across the country, with Maine ranked at 35th best. As CLI has previously recommended, Maine could expand and strengthen the reporting requirements eliminated by H.P. 1044 and also require the reporting of complications caused by abortion, as many other states do.
- National rates were calculated by Guttmacher Institute. Maine rates were calculated by CLI using the following formula: (total number of abortions performed in Maine Ă· number of resident women ages 15-44 [based on most recent population estimates]) x 1,000. Rates may differ slightly from previous CLI articles due to revised population estimates. Population estimates were obtained using the CDC WONDER database. Estimates for 2005-2009 are intercensal estimates of the July 1 resident population. Estimates for 2010-2019 are Vintage 2020 postcensal estimates of the July 1 resident population. Estimates for 2020-2024 are Vintage 2024 postcensal estimates of the July 1 resident population. Estimates were produced by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics.
- Provider totals do not include hospitals or physician offices not listed in databases that compile abortion provider locations in different states, but do include Planned Parenthood locations, independent abortion centers, and hospitals/doctor’s offices included in databases like Abortion Finder and Ineedana. This information is updated as of December 1, 2025.
- The Guttmacher Institute notes that their monthly abortion totals by state are estimates and that each state’s estimate is within a range of uncertainty. Guttmacher also notes that their estimates do not reflect abortions obtained by women in states with total abortion bans under shield laws in effect in pro-abortion states. Guttmacher’s travel and residence data can be found in the CSV folder here (State_Abortion_Travel_2024.csv). This information is updated as of November 18, 2025.
- #WeCount’s data can be found here by downloading the “Report data tables [.xlsx]” document. The #WeCount report specifies that the numbers included in their tables for abortions performed under shield laws only represent the number of women whom abortion drugs were sent to, not the number of drug-induced abortions that resulted from the mailed drugs. However, because #WeCount’s data is the only source of data that delineates the number of abortions by mode of provision (in-person, telehealth/mail order, and/or abortion drugs obtained under shield laws), their data is the best available.
