Overview

• The Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount report found abortions rose to 1.14 million in 2024, up from 1.06 million in 2023.
• Telehealth accounted for 25% of all abortions by the end of 2024, rising from about 5% before the Dobbs decision.
• Shield laws in at least eight states facilitated half of telehealth abortions by protecting providers who mail pills to patients in ban states.
• Lawsuits in Texas, Louisiana and other states seek to limit telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone, while FDA officials face calls to review the pill’s safety label.
• Efforts to reclassify emergency contraceptives and certain IUDs as abortifacients threaten insurance coverage and broader access to effective birth control.