The average number of monthly abortions in the United States continues to trend upward despite the recent tightening of restrictions on the procedure in several states, a new report shows.
A monthly average of 98,990 abortions was observed during the first three months of 2024, according to the latest #WeCount data released on Aug. 7 by the pro-abortion group Society of Family Planning.
That figure marks a nearly 14 percent increase over the 2023 average from that same period.
The #WeCount project aims to measure the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned the federal right to obtain an abortion and sent the issue back to the states….