Telehealth prescriptions trigger rise in abortions in 2024
The number of abortions in the United States rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out on Monday.
The latest report from the WeCount project of the Society of Family Planning was released a day before the third anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Currently, 12 states are enforcing bans on abortion and four have bans that kick in at or about six weeks into pregnancy.
While the total number of abortions has risen gradually over those three years, the number has dropped to near zero in some states while abortions using pills obtained through telehealth appointments has become a more common method in nearly all states.
Pills are used in the majority of abortions and are also prescribed in person.
The latest survey, released Monday, tallied about 1.1 million abortions nationally last year, or about 95,000 a month. That is up from about 88,000 monthly in 2023 and 80,000 a month between April and December of 2022.
