The Society of Family Planning has published its latest #WeCount Report capturing data from April 2022 through December 2024. This report captures shifts in abortion volume by state and month since Dobbs. Its findings are excerpted here:
- The total number of abortions was higher in 2024 than it was in 2023 or 2022.
- The majority of abortions occurred in-person.
- The number of abortions delivered via telehealth has continued to increase since April 2022, when #WeCount became the first national study to track telehealth.
- By the end of 2024, 1 in 4 abortions was provided via telehealth.
- Shield laws continue to facilitate the receipt of medication abortion, with an average of 12,330 abortions per month provided under shield laws by the end of 2024.
- Drivers of these trends are unclear, especially in the context of multiple changes in the service delivery environment; new evidence that helps contextualize these findings continues to emerge.