Tessa Cox

Louisiana’s 2018 abortion report shows that abortion totals in the state have continued a decline that began in 2014. The report does not provide the number of chemical abortions performed in Louisiana.

In 2018, there were 1,931 abortions reported in Maine. Since 1999, Maine abortions have dropped by 20 percent, a difference of nearly 500 abortions. Abortions fell slightly by a little over one percent between 2017 and 2018.

Arkansas’ abortion report for 2018 was published on the website of the Arkansas Department of Health in June 2019. The report shows that the increase in chemical abortions that began in 2007 continued into 2018.

Oklahoma’s 2018 abortion report was published in May 2019 on the Oklahoma State Department of Health website. The report shows that total abortions in Oklahoma have increased for the second year in a row after a decade of decline.

Connecticut’s annual abortion report for 2018 shows that abortions in the state declined from the previous year. Because the abortion report is not published online, the Connecticut Department of Public Health provided it to the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) upon request.

In 2016, there were 17,058 abortions reported in Virginia, a drop of nine percent from the 18,663 reported the previous year. Since 2005, Virginia abortions have fallen by 35 percent. There were 4,991 chemical abortions reported in Virginia in 2016, an increase of 240 percent since 2005 but a decline of three percent from 2015.

There were 54,507 Texas abortions in 2016, down 1.4 percent from 2015 and down 30 percent from 2001.

Massachusetts’ abortion report for 2018 shows that Planned Parenthood continues to perform more than half the abortions in the state. Massachusetts does not publish its annual abortion reports online, but the report was provided to the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) upon request.

CLI has analyzed data from 37 states that released abortion reports for 2017 by April 2019, more than a year and a half ahead of the CDC’s established timetable. Together, these 37 state reports allow for an early peek at U.S. abortion trends at the national level and suggest that, among other developments, the decades-long decline in U.S. abortions may be slowing.

Mississippi’s 2017 abortion report reveals that chemical abortions are on the rise. Abortion statistics have been published online only through 2012, but the Mississippi State Department of Health made reports for 2013 through 2017 available to the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) upon request.