Abortion by the Numbers

Abortions in the USA 1,038,100 in 2024(1)

A bar chart showing reasons given for abortions. The majority, 95.9%, are due to elective and unspecified reasons. Small percentages are due to other physical health concerns (2.2%), abnormalities in the unborn baby (1.2%), rape and incest (0.4%), and risk to the woman's life or major bodily function (0.3%).

Ethnicity of women having abortions:

•Black – 42%

•White – 30%

•Hispanic – 22%

•Other – 6%

Gestational age of abortions:

•93% - Up to 13 weeks

•6% - 14 to 20 weeks

•1% - 21 weeks or more

The ages of women having abortions:

•Teens – 8%

•Twenties - 57%

•Thirties – 31%

•Forties – 4%

2021 CDC Data(3)

There are “Limitless” Abortion Up to Birth in the USA after Dobbs(4) 

Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, the USA is now one of eight with no federal abortion limit for gestational age. 

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The United States of America

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South Korea

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Canada

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Guinea-Bissau

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China

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Vietnam

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Mexico

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Australia

These countries have no federal or national gestational limits for abortion, meaning they allow full-term abortions for any reason.

Sources

(1) “Guttmacher Institute Releases Full-Year US Abortion Data for 2024.” Guttmacher Institute, 15 April 2025. https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2025/guttmacher-institute-releases-full-year-us-abortion-data-2024. Accessed 1 August 2025. 

(2) Gaitan, Elyse, et al. "Fact Sheet: Reasons for Abortion." Lozier Institute, 24 May 2024. https://lozierinstitute.org/fact-sheet-reasons-for-abortion/. Accessed 6 August 2025. 

(3) Diamant, Jeff, et al. “What the data says about abortion in the U.S.” Pew Research Center, 25 March 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/25/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-us/. Accessed 6 August 2025. 

(4) Harned, Mary E., J.D., and Mia Steupert, M.A. “Gestational Limits on Abortion in the United States Compared to International Norms (April 2024)” Lozier Institute, 30 April 2024. https://lozierinstitute.org/gestational-limits-on-abortion-in-the-united-states-compared-to-international-norms/. Accessed 6 August 2025.