The number of induced abortions performed in Minnesota continued to increase in 2023, according to year-end data from the state’s Health Department released this week.
In a report to the state Legislature, the Minnesota Department of Health said there were 14,124 abortions in Minnesota in 2023, an increase of almost 16% over 2022.
Most abortions performed by physicians and licensed practitioners were for Minnesota residents. But the number of people seeking abortion care in Minnesota from Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas jumped nearly 50% over the period.
Many states restricted abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to the procedure in 2022. Minnesota state law ensures the right to abortion care.
Abortion providers and others are legally required to submit data to the Health Department, which reports findings to lawmakers. The data also included numbers from two organizations for medication abortions, which accounted for around 15% of all abortions classified by the state as occurring in Minnesota.
Groups opposed to legalized abortion care say the state’s laws are “too extreme.’’
