Iowa Abortions Drop 35% as Heartbeat Law Save Babies

By Mia Steupert & M.A. Elyse Gaitan 

Iowa’s 2024 vital statistics report, which includes the state’s abortion statistics, was published online by the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) in March 2026. The report shows that total abortions, as well as drug-induced abortions, decreased from 2023 to 2024.

The data doesn’t include the number of abortions obtained by Iowa residents out of state or the number of self-managed abortions on women outside of the healthcare system. The report also does not contain the total number of mail-order abortion drugs obtained by Iowa residents prescribed by licensed prescribers in other states. In a separate section, CLI will describe data provided by the Guttmacher Institute’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study that details the number of abortions occurring in the state in 2024 as estimated by Guttmacher’s sample survey and mathematical models.

CLI will also describe Guttmacher’s estimated number of abortions obtained by Iowa women in other states. Guttmacher’s abortion estimates include the number of abortions obtained at brick-and-mortar facilities and those provided via telehealth and virtual providers in the United States…

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