Since 2010, over 50 abortion clinics across the country have closed due to new state laws targeting abortion providers. Even in states without closures, like Mississippi and North Dakota, the sole clinics are only open due to judges temporarily blocking enforcement of new regulations. Many states did not track abortion providers separately from other medical practices, making accurate clinic counts difficult, but most did not pass new restrictions in the last three years.

1. A HUFFINGTON POST GRAPHIC
The Decline Of Abortion Access
Since 2010, at least 54 abortion clinics have closed across the country, many as a direct result of new state
laws targeting abortion providers. Even in some states that have seen no closures, such as Mississippi and
North Dakota, the sole clinics in those states are only open because judges have temporarily blocked the
enforcement of new regulations. Twenty-one states were unable to count their clinics because they don't
regulate abortion providers separately from other medical providers, but most of them did not enact new
restrictions on abortion providers in the past three years.
Source: Huffington Post survey of state health departments, abortion providers,
and local abortion-focused advocacy groups
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+0.1–10%-0.1–10%-10.1–20%-20.1% and
below
Percentage change in clinics from 2010-2013
20.1% and
above
+10.1–20%No change No data
available
-12
-10
-8
-6
-4
-2
0
2
AL
AK
AZ
AR
CA
CO
CT
DE
DC
FL
GA
HI
ID
IL
IN
IA
KS
KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC
ND
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY
-1
-3
-12
-1 -1 -1 -1
+1 +1
-3
-2 -2
-4
-5
-2
-9
-4
-1
Change in number of clinics from 2010-2013
No data available
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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