Abortions declined slightly in 2024 but have risen 35 percent since 2021, according to a corrected-but-still-incomplete report from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). MDH has revised its original Dec. 31 report after mistakenly double-counting more than 2,500 abortions. According to the new data, last year’s abortion total of 13,729 marked a nearly 7 percent drop, but it excludes several hundred abortions from one longstanding facility that was active during 2024. The gestational age of many abortions was not reported as required.
“The surge in abortions in recent years, and the major reporting failures, are a reminder that DFL lawmakers have made Minnesota an extreme outlier—in the region, in the country, and in the world,” said MCCL Co-Executive Director Cathy Blaeser. “Following the 2022 elections, they legalized abortion for any reason and at any time throughout pregnancy. They revoked protection for born-alive infants. They got rid of a program supporting pregnant women and new mothers as well as a law ensuring informed consent prior to abortion. They also repealed many parts of Minnesota’s abortion reporting law, including data on reasons for abortion and prior abortions—information that helps root out instances of trafficking. There’s now less support and empowerment for pregnant women and less protection for vulnerable women and children. It’s time to restore commonsense policies in our state.”
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