INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana abortion clinics and hospitals performed fewer than 2,000 abortions from April through June — the lowest since 2019 — according to a new quarterly report.
Although Indiana’s near-total abortion ban officially went into effect in August, for nearly a year beforehand a legal fight kept enforcement on hold. During that time, the state’s previous abortion law stood — allowing the procedures up to 20 weeks post-fertilization.
From April through June, providers recorded 1,937 abortions, the lowest since 2019’s 1,935, according to the Indiana Department of Health’s second-quarter Terminated Pregnancy Report.
In contrast, second-quarter abortions topped 2,000 each year during 2020, 2021, and 2022.
About 81% were performed on Indiana residents. Hoosiers accounted for 1,556 of the procedures, a marked drop from 2,224 in 2022 and still fewer than the 1,751 abortions in 2019.
Driving the total was a markedly higher proportion of out-of-state patients, continuing a trend that began in 2022. About 87% of those who traveled from out of state came from Kentucky.
The average abortion patient was a 29-year-old woman, according to the report.
They generally obtained abortions early. About 60% of the procedures were performed at eight weeks of gestation or less, and another 38% were done from nine through 13 weeks of gestation. Gestational age is generally two weeks greater than the post-fertilization age used in law.
For 68% of patients, it was a first abortion. Nearly 20% said they’d previously experienced a miscarriage or other spontaneous termination.
About 62% were parents to at least one living child, although the vast majority were not married at the time of their procedures (85%).
Patients were mostly white (44%) or Black (36%). About 13% were of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.
And 81% had at least a high school diploma or equivalent, although just 20% had an associate’s degree or higher. Education was unknown for 11%.
Also during the period, patients in 37 cases reported complications, according to a separate quarterly complications report.
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