Claim: Abortions increased by 21% between 2020 and 2025.
Guttmacher Institute. (2026, March). Abortion in the United States. https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-united-states
- Claim: Nearly two-thirds of abortions involve medication.
Jones, R. K., & Friedrich-Karnik, A. (2026, October 8). Medication abortion accounted for 64% of all clinician-provided US abortions in 2023—An increase from 53% in 2020. Guttmacher Institute. https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-64-all-clinician-provided-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020
- Claim: Abortion pills can be taken at home.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (n.d.). Abortion care. https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/induced-abortion
The statement that most abortions involve these pills also draws on reference 2.
- Claim: In the 2015 survey, 43% attended church at least monthly when they had an abortion, and 70% identified as Christian when surveyed.
Green, L. C. (2015, November 23). New survey: Women go silently from church to abortion clinic. Care Net. https://care-net.org/churches-blog/new-survey-women-go-silently-from-church-to-abortion-clinic/
- Claim: Approximately 1.13 million clinician-provided abortions occurred in 2025.
Guttmacher Institute. (n.d.). Monthly abortion provision study. Retrieved October 29, 2026, from https://www.guttmacher.org/monthly-abortion-provision-study
- Claim: By December 2025, nearly 15,000 medication abortions per month were provided under shield laws to states with abortion bans or telehealth restrictions.
Society of Family Planning. (2026, June 10). #WeCount report: April 2022 to December 2025. https://societyfp.org/research/wecount/wecount-december-2025-data/
