Abortion in the United States

===Medical abortions===
A [[Guttmacher Institute]] survey of abortion providers estimated that early [[medical abortion]]s accounted for 17% of all non-hospital abortions and slightly over one-quarter of abortions before 9 weeks gestation in the United States in 2008.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jones|first1=Rachel K.|last2=Kooistra|first2=Kathryn|date=March 2011 |title=Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States, 2008 |journal=Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health|volume=43|issue=1|pages=41–50|doi=10.1363/4304111|pmid=21388504|s2cid=2045184 |url=http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/4304111.pdf}} 94% of non-hospital medical abortions used [[mifepristone]] and [[misoprostol]]—6% used [[methotrexate]] and [[misoprostol]]—in the United States in 2008.</ref> Medical abortions voluntarily reported to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] by 34 reporting areas (excluding Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) and published in its annual [[Abortion statistics in the United States|abortion surveillance reports]] have increased every year since the September 28, 2000 [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] approval of [[mifepristone]] (RU-486): 1.0% in 2000, 2.9% in 2001, 5.2% in 2002, 7.9% in 2003, 9.3% in 2004, 9.9% in 2005, 10.6% in 2006, 13.1% in 2007, 15.8% in 2008, 17.1% in 2009 (25.2% of those at less than 9 weeks gestation).<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pazol|first1=Karen|last2=Creanga|first2=Andreea A.|last3=Zane|first3=Suzanne B.|last4=Burley|first4=Kim D.|last5=Jamieson|first5=Denise J|last6=Division of Reproductive Health|date=November 23, 2012|title=Abortion surveillance – United States, 2009 |journal=MMWR Surveillance Summaries|volume=61|issue=8|pages=1–44|pmid=23169413|url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/ss/ss6108.pdf}}</ref> Medical abortions accounted for 32% of first-trimester abortions at [[Planned Parenthood]] clinics in 2008.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fjerstad|first1= Mary|last2=Trussell|first2=James|last3=Sivin|first3=Irving|last4=Lichtenberg|first4=E. Steve|last5=Cullins|first5=Vanessa|date=July 9, 2009 |title=Rates of serious infection after changes in regimens for medical abortion |journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=361|issue=2|pages=145–151|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0809146|pmid=19587339|pmc=3568698}}</ref> By 2020, medication abortions accounted for more than 50% of all abortions.<ref name="Guttmacher_2022-02">{{ cite web | url=https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2022/02/medication-abortion-now-accounts-more-half-all-us-abortions | title=Medication Abortion Now Accounts for More Than Half of All US Abortions | last=Jones | first=Rachel K. | work=[[Guttmacher Institute]] | date=2022-02-24 }}</ref> In 2023, medication abortions obtained within the formal health care system had risen to 63% of all abortions, with the total percentage (which would include self-managed abortions by individuals in states with total bans) likely higher.<ref name=Guttmacher_2024-03-19 >{{ cite web | url=https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020 | title=Medication Abortion Accounted for 63% of All US Abortions in 2023—An Increase from 53% in 2020 | last1=Jones | first1=Rachel K. | last2=Friedrich-Karnik | first2=Amy | work=[[Guttmacher Institute]] | date=2024-03-19 }}</ref>