Abortion numbers rise in US although fewer women travel out of state

Abortion-rights activists and anti-abortion demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

Fewer people crossed US state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a new survey has found, although the total number continued to rise.

The Guttmacher Institute, a research organisation that supports abortion, estimates in a report that the overall number of clinician-provided abortions in states where it is legal rose by less than 1% from 2023 to 2024.