Abortion in the United States

===In-state vs. out-of-state ===

[[Roe v. Wade]] legalized abortion nationwide in 1973.  In 1972, 41% of abortions were performed on women outside their state of residence, while in 1973 it declined to 21%, and then to 11% in 1974.<ref name=PEW_2022-06-24>{{ cite web | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/24/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-2/ | title=What the data says about abortion in the U.S. | last1=Diamant | first1=Jeff | last2=Mohamed | first2=Besheer | website=[[Pew Research Center]] | date=2022-06-24 }}</ref>

In the decade from 2011 to 2020, during which many states increased abortion restrictions, the percentage of women nationwide who traveled out of state for an abortion increased steadily, from 6% in 2011 to 9% in 2020.{{ r | Guttmacher_2022-07-21 }} Out of state travel for an abortion was much more prevalent in the 29 states hostile to abortion rights, with percentages in those states rising from 9% in 2011 to 15% by 2020, while in states supportive of abortion rights, out of state travel for abortions rose from 2% to 3% between 2011 and 2020.{{ r | Guttmacher_2022-07-21 }}

Gutttmacher has released data about abortions by ''state of occurrence'' and ''state of residence.''{{ r | Guttmacher_2022-07-21 }} In some states, these numbers can be tremendously different, for example in [[Missouri]], a state very hostile to abortion rights, the ''abortion rate by state of occurrence'' dropped from 4 in 1000 women aged 15–44 for 2017 to 0.1 for 2020, because 57% of abortion recipients went out of state in 2017, while 99% did so in 2020.{{ r | Guttmacher_2022-07-21 }} In contrast, from 2017 to 2020, the ''abortion rate by state of residence'' for Missourians went up by 18% from 8.4 to 9.9.{{ r | Guttmacher_2022-07-21 }}

Some out of state travel pertains to locations of population centers in states; if large cities are close to state borders it may be common to cross borders for an abortion.{{ r | Guttmacher_2022-07-21 }}  For example, Delaware, which is generally supportive of abortion rights, saw 44% of residents obtain their abortions in neighboring states.<ref name=Guttmacher_2022-07-21 >{{ cite web | url=https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2022/07/even-roe-was-overturned-nearly-one-10-people-obtaining-abortion-traveled-across | title=Even Before Roe Was Overturned, Nearly One in 10 People Obtaining an Abortion Traveled Across State Lines for Care | last1=Maddow-Zimet | first1=Isaac | last2=Kost | first2=Kathryn | work=[[Guttmacher Institute]] | date=2022-07-21 }}</ref>