2024 Ohio Abortion Statistics Report
The First Full Year of Statistics Since the Passage of Issue 1: A Critical Call to Action.
The Ohio Department of Health has released the 2024 Ohio Abortion Statistics Report. At Greater Columbus Right to Life, we have condensed the most important information for you in our Special Report.
- 21,829 abortions committed in Ohio.
- 60 babies died of abortion each day in Ohio; this means that 2.5 babies died by abortion every hour.
- For those living in Central Ohio: 12 babies died by abortion every day, and 82 babies died by abortion every week.
- 4260 abortions happened in Franklin County.
- 3,000 women traveled to Ohio to obtain an abortion.
- Reported use of the abortion pill was about 46%.
- Black women continued to have the highest share of abortions, at about 42%.
- Only 0.4% of abortions were reported to be preformed from medical necessity.
- Post abortion complications have more than quadrupled with 186 reported complications.
This is not the whole story...
Statistics do not tell the whole story. They do not tell us how many women felt pressured, coerced, or like they had no other choice than to abort their child. We do not know how many regret that choice or will grieve in the future. Worse, we have no idea how many would have chosen life for their unborn child if they had encountered someone praying and offering help, sharing abortion pill reversal information, or guiding them to healing following a past abortion. This is where our work is so critical.
