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Abortion Reporting Methods

Different methodologies used for collecting abortion data, including voluntary reporting by states and jurisdictions, and the impact on national abortion estimates.

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Jan 27, 2026
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What were the total number of live births and recorded abortions in the US in 2022?

’s Abortion Surveillance report for 2022 shows legal induced abortions reported from 48 reporting areas and—restricting to the 47 areas that reported continuously from 2013–2022—609,360 abortions with...