Summary
Contrary to many predictions, abortions did not decline nationally after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Instead, U.S. abortion rates rose in 2023, surpassing 1 million, driven by expanded access to abortion pills and increased out-of-state travel.
Telemedicine policies, donations, and shield laws protecting providers enabled medication abortions to account for 63% of all abortions.
However, low-income women of color face significant barriers.
Advocates fear restrictions under a Trump administration, including tighter FDA rules on abortion pills or enforcement of the Comstock Act.
Honestly, I’m willing to bet that early-term abortions have risen when possible at least somewhat because women understand there’s a risk that if they miscarry or have other complications later into the term, doctors might be forced to endanger their lives in order to comply with christofascist nonsense. That is to say that pregnancies are now riskier to have thanks to these ridiculous, misogynist, theo-Nazi fucks.