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OHIO INDUCED ABORTION STATISTICS FOR 2022

Full Statistics from the Ohio Dept. of Health for Induced Abortions Performed in Ohio for 2022 (the latest data available) are now available at this link:   https://odh.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/ae63c3e4-8564-4f39-b76c-045390612a47/VS-AbortionReport2022.pdf?MOD=AJPERES 

 

Please keep in mind that termination of an ectopic pregnancy to save the mother's life and spontaneous miscarriages or stillbirths are not considered to be "elective abortions."   

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Some excerpts from the 2022 "Summary" by the Ohio Dept. of Health report include:

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8.2% of women who obtained abortions in 2022 were under 20 years of age

29.5% were between the ages of 20-24 years of age

81.5% of women who obtained abortions in Ohio were never married, divorced, or widowed 

11.5% of women who obtained abortions in Ohio were married or separated 

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Of all resident women who obtained abortions and for whom race was reported --  43.1% were White;
48.4% were Black; 3.1% were Asian/Pacific Islander;

5.1% reported more than one race; 5.8% of women with known ethnicity who obtained abortions were of Hispanic origin

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The 2022 Ohio abortion rate was 7.8 per 1,000 resident women ages 15-44 years old, a decline from the 9.3 rate in 2021.    The 2022 Ohio resident abortion ratio was 134 abortions per 1,000 live births, a decline from the 160 ratio in 2021.

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65% of all induced abortions in 2022 involved pregnancies of less than nine weeks and 22.5% involving pregnancies of nine to 12 weeks.  

 

49 preborn babies whose mothers resided in Seneca County, were aborted in 2022 -- What a tragedy for Seneca County and the wider population!  This is an increase from the 36 babies from Seneca County who died the previous year.   What a loss of hope for the future!   Where there is life, there is always hope! 

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Pro-life groups are working diligently to provide hope and resources to women who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy.   Unplanned does not mean unwanted.  Pro-life advocates speak with mothers carrying an unplanned child and can help them find resources to assist them in caring for their child and assist with parenting classes and resources available to help raise their child --  or to help them contact an agency who can assist them in making an adoption plan for their baby.

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342 abortions in 2022 involved pregnancies of 19 or more completed weeks of gestation -- that represents a decrease from the 486 reported in 2021. 

The vast majority of reported abortions were obtained in six major metropolitan areas of Ohio.

Curettage was the second most used method of pregnancy termination in 2022 (42%).  That method has
decreased since 2001 when 87% of terminations were by curettage. 

 

Mifepristone (commonly known as "The Abortion Pill") was reported as the medication for non-surgical termination for 8,966 abortions, followed by 3,997 terminations using Misoprostol, and 7 terminations using Methotrexate.  Based on this:   12,970 Ohio babies died by "pill abortions" / "chemical abortions" alone in 2022.   Additional Ohio babies died in 2022 by surgical abortions.

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Viewers may want to review the entire report (linked above) to see how their particular county did in 2022.   We have also left the link to the previous year's report (statistics from 2021)  below for your comparison.

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WE MUST DO MORE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE SANCTITY AND DIGNITY OF PREBORN LIVES

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