R.The number of miscarriages in most of the United States increased slightly in 2024 of the previous year, according to new data issued on April 15.
The research was conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, which is studying and supports sexual and reproductive rights. The organization uses both the statistical and survey model from service providers to estimate the number of abortion provided by doctors in countries without a semi -limited ban for them Study the provision of monthly abortion. The data released on April 15 shows that approximately 1038,100 miscarriages were provided in 2024 in all states without almost completely-that is, less than 1 % increase from 2023 to 2024.
Although this number is relatively fixed compared to the previous year, the researchers noted that the discovery is “a large, convincing volatility through individual cases”, as some countries face a significant decrease and others seeing a noticeable increase. For example, there were approximately 1,2100 lower abortion in Florida in 2024 than 2023, which attributed researchers to the state to implement the ban on abortion six weeks after pregnancy, which is a policy. Go into effect In May 2024. Similarly, South Carolina provided about 3,500 less abortion in 2024 than 2023. This researchers attributed the prohibition of the state for a period of six weeks, which was Support By the state’s Supreme Court in August 2023.
At the same time, the researchers found that the number of abortion operations in the state of Wisconsin increased by about 1,300 in 2023 to about 6100 in 2024 – an increase of 388 %. The arrival of abortion in the state has become largely unavailable after the US Supreme Court reversed Ro against a valley In 2022 until late 2023, when he is a judge Ruling Law 1849, which was interpreted as a ban, did not make abortion illegal. Arizona, California, Kansas, Ohio, and Virginia also witnessed great increases in the number of miscarriages provided in 2024 compared to the previous year.
“What is happening in one of the countries affects what is happening in other states,” says Ishaq Mado Azimit, a data scientist at the Gottish Institute and led the project to study the provision of monthly abortion. It is noted that while Florida witnessed a sharp decrease in the number of abortion provided between 2023 and 2024, Virginia, allowing abortion even about 26 weeks of pregnancyHe saw a significant increase. In part of it, this is because people in Florida “were traveling to Virginia to get to care.”
Data also reveals that about 15,100 people traveled through the state lines to perform abortion in 2024, which represents about 15 % of all abortion operations in the states without a near prohibition. This is a slight decrease from 2023, when about 169,700 people crossed the state lines, representing about 16 % of miscarriage in countries without a near ban. However, the number of people who traveled through the state lines to abort in 2024 is twice the number who did this in 2020, before the US Supreme Court’s decision Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s OrganizationAccording to Mado Zimit.
“[Travel is] There is still a major way to reach people, despite the many barriers that accompany them, and are still very high compared to historical patterns, “he says.
It was not clear after the abortion travel decreased slightly from 2023 to 2024, but it specifies that more patients in the states who have a semi -professional abortion prohibition may receive abortion pills in mail through health care from a distance instead of having to travel via state lines. Another interpretation can annoy resources to support travel.
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Mid miscarriages witnessed great increases in donations immediately after-Dobbs, Then he really saw it, and they only had to deal with an increasing amount of need, ”says Mado Zimit.
Ushma Upadhyy, a public health scientist at the University of California, San Francisco, who has not participated in the new research, says that the slight increase in abortion in 2024 is consistent with data from other sources (including other sources (including WecountThe abortion tracking voltage participated in the presidency.
“This is a great contribution to our understanding of what is happening with access to abortion at the present time,” says Upadhyy.
The familiar countries were at the top when it came to the number of abortion to the population outside the country: Illinois, North Carolina, Kansas, and New Mexico. Illinois, which allows abortion to the validity of the fetus, provided the largest number of miscarriages for residents outside the country in 2024, in about 35,000 abortion, which represents 39 % of all abortion operations in the state. Meanwhile, Kansas, which allows abortion up to about 22 weeks of pregnancy, has provided about 16,100 abortion of population outside the country, but this represents the majority of abortion stipulated in the state -71 %.
This is partly due to its geographical proximity to the countries that have an almost complete ban, as well as the efforts they make between abortion providers and some state governments to make abortion easier, according to Mado Zimit. For example, Illinois is the “closest access point” for many people who live in southern states who have a semi -surrounded miscarriage and surrounded by restricted policies.
Likewise, Maddow-Zimet says that New Mexico (which does not contain a pregnancy on miscarriage) and Kansas sees many patients from Texas, which has banned abortion in almost all cases.
North Carolina is also the closest state of many people who live in states with restricted abortion laws, such as Florida. North Carolina prohibited abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy and has a The waiting period for 72 hours For miscarriage.
“This means that you have to stay for several days or you may have to travel twice, so it is striking that people are still traveling to North Carolina to reach care,” says Mao Zimit. “He talks about how much need.”
The number of miscarriages in the states that are no less than the ban on online clinics only increased from 10 % in 2023 to 14 % in 2024, although researchers notice that the national number is likely. Upadhyy says she believes this trend will likely continue as people learn more about drug abortion, which can be described through remote health care. Previous research from the Guttmacher Institute has found that drug abortion is the most common way to miscarriage in the United States
Maddow-Zimet says 2024 was a year that witnessed major changes in government abortion laws-whether to expand and restrict access to care. “There is already a tight political scene where we have a lot of efforts on the one hand to increase access to care,” on the other hand, “a huge amount of effort to make care more and more difficult to reach it.”
“We see these trends completely continuous,” he says.