Primary nationwide abortion statistics for the United States are available from two sources—privately from the
Guttmacher (G) and publicly from the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Guttmacher’s numbers, published every three years, come from direct surveys of all known and suspected abortion providers in the United States. The CDC numbers, published annually, are derived from actual counts of every abortion reported to state health departments. Unfortunately, California, Maryland, and New Hampshire do not publicly report abortion totals. As such, Guttmacher’s abortion numbers are more complete, but they are approximations. Since only 52% of queried providers responded to
Guttmacher’s latest survey, health department data was used for an additional 17%. Abortion totals were estimated for the remaining 31%. All told, Guttmacher states that 84% of their 2020 abortion total was based on actual abortion counts. The remaining 16% was estimated. “It is possible,” Guttmacher concedes, “that we consistently underestimated or overestimated these caseloads, which would mean that our count is inaccurate.” The information on this page has been gleaned from Guttmacher and the CDC—along with public state health department data—to provide an overview of the frequency and demography of abortion. Additional secondary statistics have been taken from the National Abortion Federation's (NAF) teaching text on abortion,
Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care.
ANNUAL ABORTION STATISTICS
- According to the Guttmacher Institute, an estimated 1,037,000 abortions took place in the United States in 2023—up from 930,160 in 2020. Guttmacher's selected annual abortion estimates for the last 20+ years are listed below...
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