After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision returned the abortion issue to the people and their elected representatives in June 2022, 14 states now have active near-total abortion bans that have reduced elective abortions in those states down to zero. While reports indicate that many women from these states are still getting elective abortions through out-of-state travel or telemedicine, data from January to June 2023 indicate birth rates have increased in states banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy to the rate of 2.3 percent relative to states where abortion is unrestricted. This rate translates to these bans saving about 32,000 babies in those six months alone.
The 14 states with near-total abortion bans are Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.
The latest reports from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission show that in 2021 elective abortion totaled more than 52,000 in the state. However, following the Dobbs decision and the state’s subsequent near-total ban – enacted in August 2022 – all elective abortions effectively ceased in the state and now register as zero since the ban went active. Similar reports from Idaho and West Virginia also show zero elective abortions and only medically-necessary procedures were reported after each state’s respective near-total ban went into effect. A report from pro-abortion advocates that track abortion statistics estimate there were 180,000 fewer abortions in 2022 and 2023 as a result all the near-total abortion bans. […]
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