As the nation nears the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, CORE reflects on the enormous impact of this case on abortion healthcare provision in Wisconsin.
A brand new report by the #WeCount national abortion counting effort shows that in Wisconsin, 590 fewer abortions each month took place between June 2022 through March 2023 compared to before Dobbs. This leads to an estimate of 7,080 fewer abortions in Wisconsin for the entire year since Dobbs.
The #WeCount report documents continued steep declines in abortion across the U.S. following the Dobbs decision. Specifically:
- An estimated 65,920 fewer abortions took place in restrictive states, including Wisconsin, in the nine months post-Dobbs.
- Additional abortion numbers in less-restrictive states do not make up for the declines in more-restrictive states.
Overall, more than 25,500 abortion seekers nationwide, or about 2,800 each month, could not overcome the barriers to obtain desired abortion care in the nine months since Dobbs. Each of those numbers represents an individual pregnant person dramatically affected by recent changes in abortion policy.
Research shows that those forced to carry unwanted births to term will experience significant health, emotional, financial, and family-related consequences compared to those able to obtain desired abortion care.