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ysabetwordsmithSay it again: Abortion bans don't stop abortion. They only cause women and infants to die.
The Society of Family Planning, a reproductive-rights nonprofit, compiles a report called #WeCount that tracks the number of abortions in the United States. The report goes back to 2022, and the most recent data covers the first half of 2025.
Its data shows that the abortion rate hasn't gone down at all since the end of Roe. It's gone up.
However, it remains true that some women have been unable to access needed abortions, with life-wrecking or life-ending results.
Abortion bans are women's healthcare bans
Now here's the bad news. It's true that the abortion rate hasn't decreased. What has changed is maternal mortality: it's gone up.
Considering how much conservatives hate women, this is no surprise. And it's one of the things that makes America effectively a third-world country.
The Society of Family Planning, a reproductive-rights nonprofit, compiles a report called #WeCount that tracks the number of abortions in the United States. The report goes back to 2022, and the most recent data covers the first half of 2025.
Its data shows that the abortion rate hasn't gone down at all since the end of Roe. It's gone up.
However, it remains true that some women have been unable to access needed abortions, with life-wrecking or life-ending results.
Abortion bans are women's healthcare bans
Now here's the bad news. It's true that the abortion rate hasn't decreased. What has changed is maternal mortality: it's gone up.
Considering how much conservatives hate women, this is no surprise. And it's one of the things that makes America effectively a third-world country.
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