US abortions rise: 1 in 5 pregnancies terminated in 2020
June 15, 2022 6:41AM CDT
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer
The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline.
That’s according to new figures released Wednesday by a research group that supports abortion rights.
The Guttmacher Institute counted about 930,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2020.
That’s up from about 862,000 abortions in 2017, when national abortion figures reached their lowest point since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide.
The institute found that one in five pregnancies ended in abortion in 2020.
The report comes as the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn that decision.
Guttmacher conducts the nation’s most comprehensive survey of abortion providers every three years.
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