ST. PAUL, Minn. – The number of abortions performed legally in Minnesota in 2023 was 14,124, according to a new state Health Department report mandated by the Legislature. The total, for 2023, was 16% more than the year before. Eighty percent of the women were from Minnesota. From restrictive neighboring states:
> Wisconsin: 896.
> North Dakota: 825.
> Iowa: 520.
> South Dakota: 394.
The 26-page report was delivered to legislators as they began their 2025 session. Abbreviated lists from the report:
Largest providers
> Planned Parenthood: 7,533.
> Whole Women’s Health: 1,664.
> Just the Pill: 1,317.
> Red River Women’s Clinic: 1,072.
Home of patients per southeast county
> Olmsted: 304
> Winona: 75.
> Goodhue: 68.
> Mower: 55.
> Houston: 28.
> Wabasha: 24.
> Fillmore: 15.
Providers, (names concealed)
> Physician JJ: 1,281.
> Physician DA: 1.,209
> Physician CC: 1,026.
> Physician CY: 1,008.
In all, 176 Minnesota physicians performed abortions, most only one or two.
Location
> Clinic: 11,848.
> Out-patent: 105.
> Doctor office: 56.
> In-patient: 26.
> Ambulatory: 20
> Other: 2,096.
Patient marital status
> Unmarried: 19,130.
> Married: 3,254.
> Unspecified: 1,880.
Patient age
>Younger than 15: 67.
> 15 to 17: 629.
> 18 to 19: 1,812.
> 20 to 24: 7,281.
> 25 to 29: 3,581.
> 30 to 34: 4,982.
> 35 to 39: 1,939.
> Older 4han 40: 72.
Estimated gestational age
> Less than 9 weeks: 17,982.
> 9 to10 weeks: 3,291.
> 11 to 12 weeks: 1,190.
> 13 to 15 weeks: 1,192.
> 16 to 20 weeks: 756.
> 21 to 24 weeks: 374.
> 25 to 30 weeks: 3.
> 31 to 36 weeks: Zero.
> 37 weeks or more: Zero.
> Unreported: 366.
Education
> Eighth grade or less: 105.
> Some high school: 1,2o3
> High school graduate: 3,850.
> Some college: 4,127.
> College graduate: 1,685.
> Graduate level: 4761.
> Unreported: 2,683.
Ethnicity and race
White: 11,185
(of Hispanic origin: 3,274)
Black: 6,440
Asian: 1,408
American Indian; 894
Many unreported
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