2023 U.S. abortions rise to highest level in over a decade, Medicaid billing resumes
An estimated 1,037,000 abortions were performed in the formal health‑care system in 2023, marking an 11% increase since 2020 and the highest rate in more than a decade. The rise occurred despite a drastic reduction in abortion access in many states, and Planned Parenthood and two regional providers have resumed Medicaid billing for non‑abortion services after a year‑long suspension.
An estimated 1,037,000 abortions were performed in the United States' formal health‑care system in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute. That figure represents an 11% increase since 2020, and the 2023 abortion rate of 15.9 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age was the highest measured in the country in over a decade.
The increase occurred despite a drastic reduction in abortion access in many states, the Guttmacher Institute reported.
Planned Parenthood and two smaller regional abortion providers resumed billing Medicaid for services other than abortion after being cut off for most of a year, gdelt reported.
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