INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of abortions performed in Indiana rose by 8.5% last year, according to a state report released Friday as state lawmakers are expected to soon debate tighter anti-abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
An annual report from the Indiana Department of Health shows 8,414 abortions were performed in the state during 2021. That’s 658 more than the 7,756 abortions during 2020 in Indiana, which was 1.6% above 2019′s 7,637.
Drug-induced abortions in 2021 also comprised about 56% of Indiana abortions, an slight increase from 2020, when for the first time they accounted for a majority in the state at 55%, about doubling the 2016 rate.
Indiana recorded just more than 80,000 live births during 2021, up from 2020′s about 79,000.
Abortion is still legal in Indiana, depending on the action by the Republican-dominated Legislature. Indiana’s attorney general asked federal judges Monday to lift orders blocking several state anti-abortion laws following the Supreme Court’s ruling.
1 comment
If you are not Pro-Life, you are Anti-Life, or Pro-Death. It really is an either/or…I’m not writing about those very rare cases of rape/incess/mother having medical trouble/etc….this for those that believe in abortion on-demand. Yes, you are Anti-Life!
“Pro-Life” should be celebrated….Crazy to think how outraged some Left-wing people are at Pro-lifers just wanting to protect babies. Even if you don’t agree its a baby, the Pro-lifers’ heart is in a good place and should be respected. But no, they need to kill babies, and some even now brag about killing the babies.
As a State and a Nation, we need to continue to push to get all the States to restrict abortion to those very rare cases, and eliminate the On-Demand. It’s disgusting, and shouldn’t even need to be part of the discussion.
To all the Lefties….abortion is not a form of birth control. Don’t want a baby?…don’t get knocked up. Try growing up, show some personal responsibility for a change, and don’t blame it on the un-born baby!