The number of abortions in the United States increased in the year before Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022, according to figures released in a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A total of 622,108 abortions were reported to the CDC across 46 states in 2021, up from about 592,939 in 2020, the health agency said on Nov. 15 in an annual report. That’s about a 5 percent increase.
