released on October 24 by WeCount, part of the Society of Family Planning, confirmed that abortion figures have not declined since the fall of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
This finding is in line with the well-known impact of abortion bans worldwide, and with post-Dobbs research published by the Guttmacher Institute in September. In 2008, the World Health Organization reported that abortion rates were similar, if also more dangerous, in countries with bans compared to those without them (See: infographic below). In 2020, a comprehensive global review in The Lancet further noted that the abortion rate is often higher in countries after implementing abortion bans.
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They may even have increased, in raw numerical terms, albeit with significant drops in the states where bans were implemented, and attendant spikes in the states adjacent to them, along with virtual patient care. Before the US Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, the average monthly abortion figure was 82,115 cases. A year out, the monthly average noted in this study was 82,298.
This finding is in line with the well-known impact of abortion bans worldwide, and with post-Dobbs research published by the Guttmacher Institute in September. In 2008, the World Health Organization reported that abortion rates were similar, if also more dangerous, in countries with bans compared to those without them (See: infographic below). In 2020, a comprehensive global review in The Lancet further noted that the abortion rate is often higher in countries after implementing abortion bans.
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