Induced Abortion in the United States

Eighteen percent of pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) in 2017 ended in abortion.¹
Approximately 862,320 abortions were performed in 2017, down 7% from 926,190 in 2014.
The abortion rate in 2017 was 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44, down 8% from 14.6 per 1,000 in 2014.¹ This is the lowest rate ever observed in the United States; in 1973, the year abortion became legal, the rate was 16.3.²
As of September 1, 2019, 29 states were considered hostile toward abortion rights, 14 states were considered supportive and seven states were somewhere in between.³
In 2019, 58% of U.S. women of reproductive age (nearly 40 million women) lived in states that were considered hostile to abortion rights. In contrast, 24 million women of reproductive age (35% of the total) lived in states that were supportive of abortion rights.³

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