Abortion

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ABORTIONS

The most accurate, current, and complete data shows that over one million abortions took place via licensed U.S. providers from July 2023 to June 2024.

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95.9% of abortions are performed for elective and unspecified reasons on healthy mothers and babies.

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Women whose first pregnancy ends in abortion are 3.4 times more likely to experience an increase in outpatient mental health treatment compared to those who had a live birth.

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Nearly 70% of abortions are coerced, unwanted or inconsistent with women’s preferences.

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Beyond 21 weeks, the risk of maternal mortality from a D&E abortion exceeds the risk from childbirth.

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A CLI study found that 75% of ER visits within 30 days of taking abortion drugs were coded as severe or critical – meaning they required urgent medical attention or posed an immediate threat to life.

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Uterine or cervical damage from surgical abortion may cause problems in future pregnancies. Severe damage may cause infertility.

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Myth VS Fact

MYTH

Abortion is health care.

FACT

Abortion does not fulfill the seven criteria the American Medical Association established to identify the health care for which physicians should advocate. Learn More

MYTH

Abortion is 14 times safer than childbirth.

FACT

Studies from countries with better data show that a woman is at least 3 times as likely to die from any cause following abortion than after childbirth. Learn More

MYTH

Pregnant women are not able to receive emergency care for miscarriage due to state abortion laws enacted after Dobbs.

FACT

All pro-life state laws allow doctors to exercise their reasonable medical judgment to treat women with pregnancy emergencies, and no law requires certainty or imminence before a doctor can act. Learn More

MYTH

Late-term abortions don’t occur in the United States.

FACT

At least 280 late-term abortion centers offer late-term abortions and at least 31 states plus Washington, D.C. allow abortion at 15 weeks’ gestation or later. Learn More

MYTH

Late-term abortions only happen for emergencies.

FACT

Media coverage of third trimester abortion often focuses on abortions performed because the unborn baby has a very serious health condition. However, research shows that many third trimester abortions are performed for the same reasons as abortions earlier in pregnancy. Learn More

Retirement Accounts

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Fact Sheet: Medical Indications for Separating a Mother and Her Unborn Child

Abortion Reporting: Wyoming (2025)

Abortion Reporting: South Dakota (2025)

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Abortion

Quick Stats

Latest Updates on Abortion

Fact Sheet: Medical Indications for Separating a Mother and Her Unborn Child

Abortion Reporting: Wyoming (2025)

Abortion Reporting: South Dakota (2025)

What's Next?