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Nearly 1 in 4 People Seeking Abortions Out of State Chose Illinois. Here’s Why
Guttmacher Institute data show 35,000 people went to Illinois for abortion care in 2024, helped by expanded clinic capacity and state funding.
- Illinois is the destination for nearly 1 in 4 people traveling to another state for abortion care, according to a report from the Guttmacher Institute, with nationwide abortions reaching an estimated 1.1 million in 2025.
- Since the 2022 Supreme Court Dobbs decision, 13 states have implemented near-total abortion bans, and 7 others restrict the procedure after 6 to 12 weeks; abortion is banned or largely inaccessible in 5 of Illinois' 6 border states.
- Family Planning Associates in Chicago expanded its staff from about 40 to more than 70 during the first year after Dobbs, while Illinois allocated $10 million in 2023 to establish the Complex Abortion Regional Line for Access .
- Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a budget Friday creating a $5 million annual appropriation for family planning, and Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a law establishing a new revenue source for abortion care expected to generate about $10 million initially.
- Mary Kate Zander, president and CEO of Illinois Right to Life, called the state's abortion industry the 'wild west,' while Kansas lawmakers attempt to reverse a constitutional amendment legalizing abortion in this year's midterm elections.
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Nearly 1 in 4 people seeking abortions out of state chose Illinois. Here’s why
At Family Planning Associates in Chicago, in the office where staff take phone calls from potential abortion patients, a U.S. map colored in with red and green dry-erase markers notes the latest status of abortion access in every state. The…
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