The 10 US States With the Highest Abortion Rates

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16.7 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 11,170. Abortion in Connecticut is legal up to the point of fetal viability.

Connecticut was the first state to criminalize abortion after codifying its common law in 1821. The state was one of ten states to have a customary informed consent provision for abortions in 2007.

The number of abortion clinics in Connecticut state has been reducing. There were 46 abortion clinics in 1982, dropping to 43 in 1992 to 21 in 2014. In May 2019, abortion-rights activists in the state participated in the #StoptheBans movement.

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16.8 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 31,510. The number of abortion infirmaries in the state has been dropping lately. In 1982, 83 abortion clinics were available, dropping to 70 in 1992 and 20 in 2014.

In 2014, there were 27,629 legal abortions and 27,151 legal abortions in 2015. There were 26,594 total abortions performed in Michigan in 2017.

In 2017, the state had a total population of 2,209,248 women aged 15–49; there were 19 planned parenthood clinics, 8 of which offered abortion services.

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17.9 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 11,010. Abortion in Nevada is legal within 24 weeks since fertilization under the Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 442, section 250.

The number of abortion infirmaries in the state has dropped lately. In 1982, 25 abortion clinics were available, dropping to 13 in 2014. In 2014, there were 8,132 legal abortions and 7,116 in 2015.

Between 2011 and 2014, the state witnessed a decline of 6% in the number of abortions conducted in the state. The state had an infant death rate of 5.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2017.

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18.9 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 41,620. Abortion in Georgia is legal up to the 22nd week of pregnancy.

The number of abortion infirmaries has been falling for many years, from 82 in 1982 to 17 in 2014. In 2014, there were 30,013 legal abortions, and in 2015, there were 31,009 legal abortions.

In 2014, a poll conducted by the Pew Research Center uncovered that 49% of Georgians considered abortions should be illegal in most cases vs. 48% legal in most cases.

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19.2 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 154,060. Abortion in California state is legal up to the point of fetal viability.

The state has an active abortion rights activist community. Society for Human Abortion was established in 1963 in San Francisco. There were 152 abortion clinics in the state in 2014 and 110 planned parenthood clinics in 2017. 93 out of 110 offered abortion services with a population of 9,384,526 women aged 15–49 in 2017.

In 2014, 57% of adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal, and 38% said it should be illegal in most cases.

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19.7 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 77,400. Abortion is legal in Florida until the 24th week of pregnancy.

The number of abortion sanitariums had been slipping for years. There were 140 abortion clinics in 1982, 133 in 1992, and 71  in 2014. In 2000, there were 88,563 legal abortions, 88,247 in 2003, 72,107 in 2014.

56% of Florida adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal, and 38% said it should be illegal in most cases.

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21.3 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 52,780. Abortion in Illinois is legal.

The state has seen a drop in abortion sanitariums, going from 58 in 1982 to 47 in 1992 to 24 in 2014. Thirty-eight thousand four hundred seventy-two abortion procedures took place in 2014 in the state, 8.2% by out-of-state residents.

A 2014 poll of people in Illinois 2014 found that 56% believed that abortion should be legal in most cases. 

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25.9 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 30,750. Abortion in Maryland state is legal up to the point of fetal viability.

The number of abortion infirmaries has been plunging, going from 52 in 1982 to 51 in 1992 to 25 in 2014.

64% of adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal, and 33% said it should be illegal in most cases.

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28.8 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 110,360. The Reproductive Health Act, passed in 2019 in New York, permits abortions beyond the 24th week of gestation if a woman's life or health is at stake or the fetus is not attainable.

There were 87,325 abortions in New York in 2016, 93.096 in 2015, and 96,711 in 2014 according to the CDC. Further, the state had 110,840 abortions in 2016 and 105,380 abortions in 2017, per Guttmacher Institute.

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29.2 abortions per 1,000 women aging from 15 to 44 years old. The number of abortions is 148,830. Abortion in New Jersey is legal at all stages of pregnancy. Currently, there are no mandatory waiting times, and parental consent is not required.

The number of abortion infirmaries in the state has been on the slide recently, going from 100 in 1982 to 41 in 2014. In 2014, there were 24,454 legal abortions conducted, rising to 48,110 abortions in New Jersey.

In 2014, 61% of adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal in most cases.

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