abortion access

In the first quarter of 2024, the state received 45 terminated pregnancy reports, the lowest number on record, and down from more than 1,900 in the first quarter of 2023.

The latest national abortion count by the Society of Family Planning found an increase in the number of abortions in 2023 compared to the year prior. But the numbers vary by state with some seeing sharp decreases due to fresh restrictions and bans.

One year after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion, the number of legal abortions actually increased nationwide. That’s according to a new report by the Society of Family Planning.

The organization has seen a 40-percent increase in vasectomies performed at clinics in states where the services were already offered.

Attorneys for abortion care providers and the state will argue the constitutionality of Indiana’s near-total abortion ban before the state’s highest court this week.

As states take steps to tighten abortion laws, conversations have been reignited about how to best support families and babies. Many policy experts point to a permanent Child Tax Credit, made available to low- and no-income families, as one way to do that.

With Indiana’s abortion ban now in effect, local organizers say the focus of their efforts has shifted.

Whole Woman's Health — South Bend's only abortion clinic — will stay open to provide abortion related care such as pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, contraception, counseling and follow-up care despite Indiana's near-total abortion ban.

Abortion restrictions will likely affect Black women the most. Many are concerned about the impact on Black maternal mortality, and the risk of criminalization.