Number of Abortions in Wisconsin Have Been Rising Since Late 2023

Friday, July 25th, 2025 -- 12:01 PM

(Sarah Lehr, Wisconsin Public Radio) The number of abortions in Wisconsin has been rising since late 2023, approaching monthly totals last seen before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new analysis shows.

According to Sarah Lehr with the Wisconsin Public Radio, the report released this summer from the Society of Family Planning also indicates that, despite state laws banning telehealth abortions, roughly 40 percent of abortions in Wisconsin are taking place using pills provided after telehealth appointments.

The status of abortion in Wisconsin has seen a series of legal twists and turns over the last three years, and the recently-released “#WeCount” report reflects that shifting landscape.

The report covers data beginning in April 2022, a few months before the overturn of nationwide protections for abortion, and includes figures reported by health care providers through the end of 2024.

By October 2023, the month after Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin restarted abortions, the monthly number of abortions in Wisconsin spiked to 380, with roughly two-thirds of those abortions performed in-person. That’s after the number of in-person abortions in Wisconsin fell to zero in the months after the Dobbs decision, the #WeCount report shows.

By December 2024, the monthly number of abortions in Wisconsin grew to 630, which was roughly on par with the average for the state in the months before the Dobbs decision.

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