The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. continued to climb in early 2024, surpassing the number of abortions performed before Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to a national report released Wednesday.
The increase is partly driven by access to abortions via telehealth, which allows patients to circumvent state laws banning the procedure, according to a quarterly #WeCount report from the Society of Family Planning nonprofit.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe, providers started offering medication abortion via telehealth under shield law protections.
Abortions provided via telehealth rose to 20% of all abortions in the first quarter of 2024, per the report. That’s about 19,700 telehealth abortions per month.
In January, the national monthly total of abortions exceeded 100,000 for the first time since the #WeCount reporting effort began tracking abortion volume in April 2022.
There were between 94,670 and 102,350 abortions monthly between January and March 2024, with a monthly average of 98,990, per the report.
The states with the largest average number of abortions per month in that period included California, New York, Illinois, Florida and New Jersey.
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