Number of abortions performed by facility type U.S. 2020

In 2020, there were 499,420 abortions provided at abortion clinics and 28,010 abortions provided at hospitals in the United States. This statistic shows the number of abortions performed in the U.S. in 2014, 2017, and 2020, by facility type.

Number of abortions performed in the U.S. in 2014, 2017, and 2020, by facility type

Characteristic	2014	2017	2020
Physicians' offices*	12,870	11,510	7,190
Hospitals	34,410	28,760	28,010
Nonspecialized clinics	331,790	302,860	395,550
Abortion clinics	547,130	519,180	499,420

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November 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2014, 2017, and 2020

Special properties

Abortion providing facilities

Supplementary notes

* Offices that reported 400 or more abortions a year were classified as nonspecialized clinics.

Figures for 2014 were taken from a previous publication of "Abortion Incidence and Service Availability in the United States" and can be found here on page 16.

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