A new study reveals that medication abortions made up 63% of all abortions performed in the U.S. in 2023. The study also highlights the increase in medication abortions since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the legal challenges surrounding one of the pills used in the regimen.
Medication abortion accounted for 63% of all the abortions performed in the U.S. in 2023, according to a new study from the Guttmacher Institute . In the first full calendar year following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade in July 2022, approximately 642,700 medication abortion s took place within the health care system , according to Guttmacher's Monthly Provision Study. Since the court's decision, 14 states have ceased nearly all abortions.
By comparison, medication abortions accounted for 53% of abortions in the U.S. in 2020, according to the study. One of the pills used in the medication abortion regimen, mifepristone, is at the center of a legal challengeThe utilization of medication abortions has steadily increased over the last two decades. The most common medication abortion regimen consists of two medications, mifepristone and misoprotol. Under current Food and Drug Administration guidelines, mifepristone is safe for use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy and can be sent to patients following a telehealth appointment. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that the total number of medication abortions is higher than the study's count, because the study only includes abortions provided within the formal health care syste
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