Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022.

There were more than 1 million abortions in the US in 2023, the highest rate in more than a decade and a 10% jump from 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health that supports abortion rights. The latest trends also suggest that medication abortion is a more common option than ever.

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    4 months ago

    As an American, I can live with that if it means people aren’t forced to give birth when they don’t want to.

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      3 months ago

      Future generations will be able to make whatever demands they want for employment and employers would be forced to comply due to reduced available workforce. Yeah it’ll fuck a lot of other stuff up but it won’t be fucking over the working class.