In 2025, zero abortions were reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). Immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, the state prohibited abortion from conception except in cases where a continued pregnancy would threaten the life of the mother.
In Oklahoma, abortion is defined as:
The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after birth, to remove an ectopic pregnancy, or to remove a dead unborn child… (§63-1-730)
The data published by Oklahoma does not include the total number of abortions obtained by Oklahoma 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 total number of mail-order abortion drugs obtained by Oklahoma residents prescribed by licensed abortionists in other states with shield laws. Below, Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) will describe data provided by the Guttmacher Institute’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study (MAPS) that details the total number of Oklahoma women who obtained abortion drugs via telehealth/the mail from abortionists licensed in other states. In the past, the MAPS published estimates on the annual number of states’ residents who traveled out of state to obtain an abortion. However, 2025 estimates on out-of-state travel totals have not been released. CLI will also describe data from the Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount project that details the number of abortion drugs mailed to Oklahoma women.
Guttmacher Data1
In 2025, Guttmacher estimated that 3,900 abortion drug regimens were mailed to Oklahoma women by abortionists in states that shield such illegal provision. An unknown number of Oklahoma women traveled to other states to obtain an abortion, but as mentioned above, Guttmacher has not released 2025 travel totals or the states where women traveled to. SFP’s #WeCount project estimated that 4,280 abortion drug regimens were mailed to Oklahoma women by abortionists in shield law states.2
- The Guttmacher Institute notes that their monthly abortion totals by states are estimates and that each state’s estimate is within a range of uncertainty. This information is updated as of July 17, 2026. Guttmacher’s data can be found in the CSV folder here (Summary_Table_Annual_2023_2024_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 to whom abortion drugs were sent, 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. This information is updated as of July 17, 2026.
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