The majority of people who seek abortions in the U.S. each year do so at independent abortion clinics—which are closing at a precarious rate, according to a new report.
December 11, 2019, 2:04 PMA brief review of key legislation and court decisions on pregnancy termination in the U.S.clinics, which are closing at a precarious rate, according to a new report.
The number of independent clinics fell 32% in recent years, from 510 clinics in 2012 to only 344 as of November, according to a report published Wednesday by the Abortion Care Network, a national association for independent abortion providers. The group gathers annual data from every abortion clinic in the United States that publicly discloses providing abortion care.
As it stands, 58% of abortion-seeking patients receive care at independent clinics, compared to 37% percent who access care at Planned Parenthood and only 1% who go to a physician's office for an abortion. An ultrasound machine sits next to an exam table at Whole Woman's Health of South Bend on June 19, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana.
An ultrasound machine sits next to an exam table at Whole Woman's Health of South Bend on June 19, 2019 in South Bend, Indiana.For patients in some areas of the country, those closures represent severe limitations to their ability to access health services. In six states, there's only one remaining
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