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The Supreme Court decision against Dobbs has had a profound impact on abortion in the United States.
Since the ruling, there have been 24,290 fewer abortions between July 2022 and March 2023.
A new study estimates that legal abortions fell by 24,290 between July 2022 and March 2023 after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.
FiveThirtyEight obtained research results from #WeCount, a national research project led by the Planned Parenthood Association, a non-profit organization that supports research on abortion and contraception. The study found more than 24,000 fewer abortions than the pre-Dobbs baseline. #WeCount made estimates by contacting all abortion clinics across the country multiple times over a 12-month period.
The study found that in the nine months after the Roe v. Wade case was overturned, states that restricted abortions for at least a week had fewer abortions by about 93,575. At the same time, the number of legal abortions in states where abortion remains legal increased by 69,285 during the same period. The change, the report said, shows that “many people have actually traveled and had successful abortions within the U.S. healthcare system.”
“Meanwhile, there is significant state-to-state variability underneath these top-line trends. FiveThirtyEight reported on the investigation. “However, several states bordering the vast swathes of the South where abortion is nearly impossible are receiving massive new patient volumes. In the nine months after Dobbs, Florida had another 12,460 abortions. and 12,580 more abortions in Illinois and 7,975 more in North Carolina.”
States with severely restricted or prohibited abortions saw a decrease of 93,575 abortions.
In states where abortion is still mostly available, the number of abortions increased by 69,285.
But the overall decline in abortion is only part of the story. #WeCount’s estimates, collected by him from multiple contacts over a 12-month period, across all abortion clinics in the country, show that the Dobbs ruling has caused tens of thousands of Americans across the country a violent upheaval. increase. In the nine months following Dobbs’ decision, states that banned or severely restricted abortion for at least one week are estimated to have had 93,575 fewer legal abortions. The number of legal abortions in states where abortion is still mostly available increased by 69,285 during the same period. This shows that many people have actually traveled and had successful abortions within the US healthcare system. “But a significant number of people are trapped and can’t get out of places like Texas,” said an economics professor at Middlebury University who studies abortion policy and who, at the request of FiveThirtyEight, #WeCount data. Investigator Kaitlyn Myers said. “And for people coming to travel, we’re talking tremendous distance. Some could be late for the second trimester.” More bans in big states like Florida. With the looming crisis, and the struggles of abortion clinics and funds in other states, it is likely that access to abortion will be further compromised in Dobbs’ second year in office. .
