Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2021
101 Citations•2023•
Katherine Kortsmit, Antoinette T. Nguyen, Michele G. Mandel
Abortion rates decreased from 2012 to 2021 among all age groups, except women aged 30–34 years for whom it increased, and abortion ratios increased among women aged 15–29 years and decreased among adolescents aged <15 years and women aged ≥30 years.
Abstract
Abortion surveillance can be used to help evaluate programs aimed at promoting equitable access to patient-centered quality contraceptive services in the United States to reduce unintended pregnancies.