Abortions increasing in US for first time in 30 years, says research group

Number of abortions performed in 2020 was 8% higher than in 2017, reversing long-term decline, says Guttmacher Institute

With the US supreme court on the brink of eliminating the right to abortion, the need for such procedures is growing for the first time in three decades, a health research group said.

The number of abortions performed across the US in 2020 (930,160) was 8% higher than in 2017 (862,320), reversing a long-term decline that started 30 years earlier, the Guttmacher Institute said on Wednesday, citing data from its latest abortion-provider census.