New data analysis provides a baseline of 1.1 million recorded abortions over one year
Washington D.C.—The most accurate, current and complete compilation of abortion data shows over 1.1 million abortions took place via licensed providers from July 2023–June 2024, according to new analysis compiled by the Charlotte Lozier Institute. This establishes a baseline number of recorded abortions nationwide.
This analysis is the first to collect abortion totals from different types of abortionists and examine which estimates are the most complete and definitive. The analysis used the regularly cited data from #WeCount and Guttmacher Institute because the U.S. government doesn’t have a complete and thorough reporting system for a comprehensive evaluation. Neither organization publishes the raw data from abortion centers.
While this is the best estimation of total abortions taking place in that timeframe, researchers cannot definitively calculate how many abortions occurred because there’s no federal abortion reporting requirement and there’s no verifiable way to track certain abortions, such as abortion drugs mailed into the U.S. by foreign abortion organizations.
Mia Steupert, research associate at CLI and author of the study, said:
“Accurate and up-to-date abortion reporting is crucial not only for public health metrics, but to give us clearer insight into the landscape of abortion in the U.S. post-Dobbs. Abortion reporting provides key insight into how laws affect abortion numbers. However, no one except pro-abortion organizations like Society of Family Planning and Guttmacher Institute has access to raw abortion totals reported by abortion centers and organizations themselves. Access to that same information would be invaluable in our analysis of policies that end unborn human life.”
Karen Czarnecki, executive director of CLI, said:
“Our country’s lack of federal abortion reporting requirements has always raised the question: ‘How many abortions are occurring in the U.S.?’ CLI spent the last few months going through many data sources, combining and comparing them, to come up with the most up-to-date and inclusive estimate. No one has done a systematic review like this before.”
CLI’s full analysis can be found HERE.
Charlotte Lozier Institute was launched in 2011 as the education and research arm of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. CLI is a hub for research and public policy analysis on some of the most pressing issues facing the United States and nations around the world. The Institute is named for a feminist physician known for her commitment to the sanctity of human life and equal career and educational opportunities for women.
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