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Abortions Increase In Wisconsin For Second Straight Year

Report Says Abortions Increased 7 Percent In 2018 Over 2017

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A room formally used as an examination room for abortions
A room formally used as an examination room for abortions is seen at Choice Clinic, formerly Whole Woman’s Health Clinic, Monday, June 27, 2016, in Austin, Texas. Eric Gay/AP Photo

The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin has increased for a second straight year in 2018 after eight years of declines.

That’s the finding of the latest annual report from the state Department of Health Services released Thursday. The report said abortions increased 7 percent in 2018 over 2017. There were 6,042 abortions in Wisconsin in 2018, up from 5,640 the year before.

That’s nearly double the rate of increase between 2016 and 2017 when abortions went up 3.7 percent.

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The growth is due to there being 539 more medication abortions in 2018 compared with 2017.

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