Anatolii Kornilov: How difficult it is for women to choose between career and family.

Why do they choose a career, and why do women who have abortions mostly need psychological support?

“My job is not to side with those who support or oppose abortion but to remind them that women need support and dialogue.”

1. Overall increase in the number of abortions nationwide
New data released by Guttmacher include several notable trends (see table with abortion rates and rates by state and region):
There were 930,160 abortions in the U.S. in 2020, an 8 percent increase from the 862,320 abortions in 2017.
Similarly, the abortion rate increased from 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 in 2017 to 14.4 per 1,000 women, an increase of 7%.
In 2020, about one in five pregnancies will end in abortion. More specifically, the abortion rate (the number of abortions per 100 pregnancies) increased from 18.4% in 2017 to 20.6% in 2020, an increase of 12%.
The increase in abortions was accompanied by a 6% decrease in births from 2017 to 2020. Since there were far more births (3.6 million) than abortions (930,000) in 2020, this dynamic means that fewer people got pregnant. Among those who did, a more significant proportion decided to have an abortion.
Between 2017 and 2020, the number of abortions increased in all four regions of the country. The most significant increases were in the West (up 12%) and Midwest (up 10%); the South saw an 8% increase in abortions, and the Northeast saw a 2% increase.