Where the biggest changes in abortions were after Dobbs

Change in the number of abortions after Dobbs, compared to baseline in the month before POLITICO published draft Supreme Court decision

The chart has five purple bars, representing states that saw more abortions after Dobbs, on top of six orange bars representing states that saw a decrease as well as the overall number for the US. The bars in order are: Florida: 12460 Illinois: 12400 North Carolina: 7930 Colorado: 4500 California: 4260 Alabama: -5850 Louisiana: -6530 Tennessee: -10100 Georgia: -15720 Texas: -23340

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Note: These states had the five biggest increases or decreases.

Source: Society of Family Planning

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