Tessa Cox

Wyoming’s 2020 abortion report, published online in June 2021, shows that the majority of Wyoming abortions are chemical.

As a dangerous drug, mifepristone has been subject to regulations put in place by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000.[1] Under these regulations, called a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), mifepristone may only be dispensed in person by certain qualified medical providers.

In 2020, there were 29,669 abortions reported in Michigan, up nearly nine percent from the previous year and the highest total reported since 1996.

There were 10,368 abortions reported in Colorado in 2020, an increase of more than 15 percent from the previous year. The increase was driven by chemical abortions: chemical abortions jumped by 38 percent, making up 66 percent of the total in 2020.

Existing research on postabortion emergency room visits is sparse and limited by methods which underestimate the incidence of adverse events following abortion. Postabortion emergency room (ER) use since Food and Drug Administration approval of chemical abortion in 2000 can identify trends in the relative morbidity burden of chemical versus surgical procedures.

In 2020, there were 1,171 abortions reported in North Dakota, up four percent from the previous year. Chemical abortions reached a record high, surging by 106 percent from 360 in 2019 to 743 in 2020.

There were 9,202 abortions reported in Connecticut in 2019, down nearly one percent from the previous year. However, chemical abortions jumped 14 percent between 2018 and 2019, making up 50 percent of the total in 2019.

There were 1,206 abortions reported in Alaska in 2020, down five percent from the previous year and the lowest annual total since Alaska began publishing abortion statistics in 2003. At the same time, chemical abortions jumped by 46 percent, an increase of 142 chemical abortions from the previous year.

Louisiana’s 2019 abortion report was published online in March 2021. The report shows that abortions increased slightly from 2018.

Georgia released its 2020 abortion statistics in its online vital statistics database in July 2021. Georgia resident abortions increased from the previous year.