>10,000 fewer legal abortions in the US in the 2 months after the #RoevWade Supreme Court decision. Between Apr-Aug, the number of abortions declined by 6%. If these trends persist, there could be at least 60,000 fewer abortions in the next year as a result of the decision.
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That figure is a net. A few states are absorbing some but not all of the demand for abortions in states where it’s now banned.
It’s likely that the decline in abortions represents thousands of women who sought abortions illegally or didn’t get one at all.
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It’s likely that the decline in abortions represents thousands of women who sought abortions illegally or didn’t get one at all.
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There´s an enormous amount of fluctuation between states. In all states that saw declines in their abortion numbers — which include the 15 states in which abortion was banned or severely limited over the summer — the number of abortions fell by about 22,000.
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Some of those women appear to have traveled out of state, bec in other states, the no. of abortions rose by ~12,000. But nationwide, the movement of abortions from states with bans&restrictions to those with fewer restrictions on access wasn’t enough to make up the shortfall.
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Data compiled by #WeCount is designed to capture state-level information on abortion access in the wake of the Dobbs decision. This first data release compares the number of legal abortions — including surgical and medication abortions — in each month from April-August 2022.
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Here´s the full @FiveThirtyEight article by @maggiekb1 & @ameliatd:
fivethirtyeight.com/features/overt…
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fivethirtyeight.com/features/overt…
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