US EditionUS Abortions Exceed 1.1 Million in 2024 as Telehealth and Surge States Fill Gaps
- The Society of Family Planning's WeCount project released a report on Monday showing U.S. abortions rose again in 2024 despite legal restrictions.
- The rise follows the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of nationwide abortion rights, with ongoing state bans and pill restrictions.
- The report found about 1.1 million abortions occurred last year, averaging 95,000 monthly, with telehealth medication abortions increasing to one in four by late 2024.
- Dr. Alison Norris explained that despite abortion restrictions, individuals continue to pursue care, with access increasingly moving across state boundaries and through telehealth, resulting in a highly uneven system influenced by location, financial means, and other obstacles.
- The findings suggest abortion access continues primarily via telehealth and shield laws despite stricter state pill restrictions and legal efforts targeting providers in Texas and Louisiana.
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Reproductive rights activist reflects on 3 years since Roe v. Wade was overturned
Tuesday marks three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated Americans' federal right to an abortion. CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns spoke with Amanda Zurawski, a Texas woman who sued the state after being denied an abortion and suffering life-threatening pregnancy complications as a result, about her advocacy.
3 years after Roe fell, abortion access and politics remain deeply divided
Three years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most consequential decisions in decades, overturning Roe v. Wade and ending the federal constitutional right to abortion. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling on June 24, 2022, did not settle the debate, but instead reignited it, shifting the fight to state legislatures, courts and ballot boxes across the country. Abortion policy now varies sharply by state, resha…
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