Oregon Health Authority data showed a sharp increase in abortions in 2023, including a rise in late-term abortions compared to the prior year, and the highest overall number of unborn lives terminated in the state since 2009.
The Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, released a report last month analyzing these latest Oregon numbers.
“During 2023, reported abortions in the state increased from 2022,” authors Mia Steupert, M.A. and Elyse Gaitan wrote in the report. “As of November 2024, 21 states had released 2023 abortion statistics, nine of which showed an increase in abortions from 2022.”
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“A total of 10,075 abortions were reported in Oregon in 2023, an increase of 16% from 2022 and the highest total recorded by the state since 2009 when there were 10,801 abortions reported,” the analysis continued. “There were 6,571 drug-induced abortions in 2023, constituting 65% of the total and an increase of 20% from 2022. The abortion rate increased 16% from 10.4 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age in 2022 to 12.1 in 2023.”
Click here to read the full Charlotte Lozier Institute analysis.
