Study finds more people are obtaining abortions but fewer are traveling to other states for it
Abortion-rights activists rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found.
The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights, estimates in a report released Tuesday that the overall number of clinician-provided abortions in states where it's legal rose by less than 1% from 2023 to 2024.
But the number of people crossing state lines for abortions dropped by about 9%.
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