Ohio’s 2022 abortion data1 is available online. Key take-aways:
The decline in total # of abortions since 2000 continues (in spite of a 2020 spike)
67% <9 weeks vs. 33% >9 weeks gestation
84% moms never married
2.4% under age 18; 90% age 20-39
Teen abortions have declined the most dramatically
Women in poverty are disproportionately impacted4
~40% of the women were in the fool-me-twice category
Almost 20% were in the fool-me-thrice category
236 women indicated it was their 6th-or-more category
136 abortions resulted in complications
99 of those complications were reported as failed/incomplete abortions
Contraception
16% indicated they were using some form
60% confirmed no effort
Only 1% involved mother’s health
There is so much propaganda and so many who want to distort our perspective, it’s hard to find inarguable facts.
California and some other areas don’t voluntarily report their data to the CDC. Guttmacher does exhaustive research, contacting clinics directly.
Pew Research has interesting findings.5
KFF has interesting findings.6
Don’t believe emotional claims when the data is available for consideration. The data tells its own story.
Let’s do this!
Based on counties reporting high numbers for abortions, locations of PP offices and the census reports