How many babies were aborted in 2016?

The most recent report from CDC shows that 699,202 abortions were performed in 47 states in 2012. However, the Guttmacher Institute, which surveys abortion clinics directly in all 50 states, reported approximately 219,000 more abortions in the three states missing from the CDC report. read more

Based on available state-level data, approximately 893,000 abortions took place in the United States in 2016—down from approximately 914,000 abortions in 2015. In 2014, an estimated 926,240 abortions took place in the United States—down from 1.06 million in 2011, 1.21 million abortions in 2008, 1.2 million in 2005, 1.29 million in 2002, 1.31 million in 2000 and 1.36 million in 1996. read more