ST. PAUL, Minn. – Significantly more medically induced abortions were performed in Minnesota in 2022 than the year before, the state Health Department reported. Mostly this was because more women traveled to Minnesota from states that banned most if not all pregnancy terminations after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 women’s rights case Roe v. Wade. The 2022 breakdown:
Minnesota residents, 10,166, up from 9,129 the year before
Contiguous states
Wisconsin, 874, up from 634
North Dakota, 383, up from 84
South Dakota, 271, up from 158
Iowa, 174, up from 54
Michigan, 12, down from 20
Noncontiguous states
Texas,150, up from 18
Nebraska, 24 (earlier data unavailable)
Missouri, 13 (earlier data unavailable)
Florida, 11 (earlier data unavailable)
Other states, 92, up from 26)