Online Abortion Pill Orders Soar As In-Clinic Abortions Decline
glamour.comRoe v. Wade was overturned show that the overall number of abortions in the country seem to have fallen slightly, but overseas abortion pill providers (like ) may be somewhat filling that gap.A released on October 28 found that in-clinic abortions declined about 6% from April to August.
Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24. Abortions in states that banned abortion decreased by 95%, while states that restricted abortion (but did not outlaw it) saw a decrease of more than 30%, the report found.
In states where abortion remained legal, the report indicated an 11% increase in the number of abortions provided by a clinician.
This may indicate that people in states where abortion is restricted traveled to other states to obtain a legal abortion. But that decrease doesn't account for abortion pills obtained through mail.While the #WeCount report shows an overall decrease in abortion provided by clinicians, research published in found an increase in online orders for abortion pills through Aid Access, an organization founded by Gomperts that sends abortion pills via mail from outside the U.S.
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