Abortion in the United States is still a contentious topic. In 2022, the leading state by number of legal abortions in the United States was Florida, which reported 82,581 abortions. In that year, New York reported 72.7 thousand abortions, followed by Illinois with almost 56.5 thousand. There were a total of almost 613,383 legal abortions in the United States in 2022.
Number of reported legal abortions in the United States in 2022, by state*
* As data are reported voluntarily by providers to state or area health departments, information may be incomplete and result in undercounting abortions when calculating rates and ratios in some states. Abortions by state of occurrence include abortions obtained by non-residents of the state as well as those obtained by residents.
Data not available: California, Maryland, and New Hampshire.
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CDC. (November 28, 2024). Number of reported legal abortions in the United States in 2022, by state* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/240468/number-of-reported-legal-abortions-in-the-us-by-state/
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CDC. (2024). Number of reported legal abortions in the United States in 2022, by state*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240468/number-of-reported-legal-abortions-in-the-us-by-state/
CDC. "Number of Reported Legal Abortions in The United States in 2022, by State*." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Nov 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240468/number-of-reported-legal-abortions-in-the-us-by-state/
CDC, Number of reported legal abortions in the United States in 2022, by state* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240468/number-of-reported-legal-abortions-in-the-us-by-state/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of reported legal abortions in the United States in 2022, by state* [Graph], CDC, November 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/240468/number-of-reported-legal-abortions-in-the-us-by-state/
