The number of abortions performed in America in 2025 exceeded the number performed before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, driven by an increase in medication provided via telehealth to patients in states where the procedure is banned.
That finding in a report released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute underscores the stakes of a battle over access to abortion-inducing drugs that is raging in legislatures across the country, with states competing to enforce their own laws both within and beyond their borders.
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