The Facts

• The Society of Family Planning's (SFP) quarterly #WeCount report claims that the number of abortions performed in the US has increased since the June 2022 repeal of Roe v. Wade by SCOTUS.

• The report shows that abortion's taking place in the first quarter of 2024 sat at a monthly average of over 98K, an increase from 2022 and 2023 figures. The SFP, a pro-abortion rights group, credits much of the rise to abortion pills provided through telehealth services.

• Around 20% of abortions each month in 2024 have been provided through telehealth. The removal of in-person screening requirements to prescribe an abortifacient, mifepristone, and the enactment of state-level "shield laws," which grant legal immunity to telehealth prescribers, were cited as factors.