Indiana abortions declined 8.5 percent last year
INDIANAPOLIS — The number of abortions performed last year in Indiana totaled 7,277, according to data recently released by the State Department of Public Health.
That was 8.5 percent fewer abortions than the 7,957 recorded in 2015, continuing an eight-year trend of annual declines in Indiana abortion procedures.
Hoosier women, coming from every one of the state's 92 counties, accounted for 6,767 abortions, or 93 percent. Residents of other states obtained 510 abortions at Indiana clinics.
The data show women in their 20s procured 4,397 abortions, or 60.4 percent of the state's total.
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