Abortions up across the US, new report shows

by JILLIAN SMITH | The National Desk

Tue, June 21st 2022, 10:54 PM UTC

A group of abortion providers in Oklahoma filed a legal challenge Thursday to a new law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. (KOKH)

After years of going down, the number of abortions is on the rise. The report comes as the supreme court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and give the power back to the states. (KOKH)

FILE - A sign indicating a "Medical Facility Quiet Zone" is displayed outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., the state's only state licensed abortion facility, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. According to a report from the Guttmacher Institute released on Tuesday, June 15, 2022, fewer women were getting pregnant and a larger share of them chose abortion. About one in five pregnancies ended in abortion in 2020. There were 3.6 million births, a decline between 2017 and 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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A group of abortion providers in Oklahoma filed a legal challenge Thursday to a new law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. (KOKH)

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