Florida abortions fell sharply in 2024 after the state passed a six-week ban in 2023.
There were approximately 73,710 abortions It is managed The state in 2024 has around 12,100 drops compared to 85,770 in 2023. Report From the Guttmacher Institute. Florida’s Prohibited It will prohibit abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, with the exception of victims of rape, incest or human trafficking. In that case, abortion will be permitted until the 15th week of pregnancy.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat bill in April 2023. The lawsuit filed against the state in 2022, a planned parent who challenged the abortion ban in the past 15 weeks, could also prevent the 2023 law from coming into effect, which could have declared the state’s right to abortion, but the Florida Supreme Court opposed the challenge.
DeSantis was a solid opponent of the 2024 voting initiative that threatened to overturn the state’s previous abortion restrictions. Statement This amendment will “permit Florida abortion until birth and override all life support protections under state law.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will speak to a Republican guest on the annual fundraiser for Marathon County Lincoln Day Dinner on May 6, 2023 in Rothschild, Wisconsin. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
South Carolina abortions fell 3,500 after passing a similar six-week ban in 2023, but even in states with few abortion restrictions, such as Colorado and New Mexico, as well as in states with few abortion restrictions, the report said.
In Wisconsin, abortions rose 388% between 2023 and 2024, up from 1,300 to 6,100, the report found. Arizona, California, Kansas, Ohio and Virginia all saw an increase of over 3,000 people within the same time frame. (Related: Pro-life activists call on Congress to ask for a “big abortion”)
The number of people traveling out of state for abortions has also dropped from 169,700 in 2023 to 155,100 in 2024, with Illinois, North Carolina, Kansas and New Mexico seeing the most out-of-state patients, Guttmacher found. However, more shares of individuals are turning to online clinics for prescribing abortion medications, with around 40,000 abortions occurring in 2024 compared to the previous year through this method.
Some states were Roev in June 2022 by the US Supreme Court. After overturning Wade, it passed greater abortion restrictions.
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