Clinician-Provided Abortions Fall 5% in H1 2025

New Guttmacher Institute data show clinician-provided abortions fell about 5% in the first half of 2025 versus the same period in 2024 — roughly 4,700 fewer procedures per month and about 518,940 clinician abortions in states without near-total bans. Declines were concentrated in states that adopted six-week bans and in states bordering total-ban states; Florida recorded a 27% drop (about 12,000 fewer clinician abortions) after its six-week ban took effect. Out-of-state travel for care eased by about 8% compared with early 2024 but remained far higher than before the Dobbs decision, with roughly 1 in 7 patients crossing state lines in H1 2025. Researchers attribute the shift to new restrictions, increased use of medication abortion accessed via shield-law protections and telehealth, rising costs and hardship of travel, and strains on abortion funds and support networks. The report cautions the findings are preliminary, cover clinician-provided care only in states without near-total bans, and do not fully capture medication abortion sent to people in banned states, so full-year trends may differ.