the data shows a clear divide abortions increasing where it remains legal like Illinois Kansas and New Mexico while dropping by about half in states with six we bans and nearly Vanishing in the 14 states with full abortion bans such as Texas Alabama and others open the shifting legal landscape continues to impact both abortion availability and the support systems for Women in Need meanwhile since the historic decision demand for maternity homes many of them faith-based is surging so then I found Mary shelter thank God through Google search Mary shelter in Virginia is now Fielding more requests for transitional housing and support for pregnant women I think that homes like Mary shelter and all the maternity homes that we work with and the Pregnancy Crisis centers that we work with I think they defy that lie that we only care about the baby in the womb um and not the mom there have been nearly 999,000 abortions a month in the first quarter of 2024 even where severely restricted nearly 100,000 women chose to have an abortion early this year by some estimates nearly half now take place at home with pills often prescribed virtually in our study we find that attempts to self-manage an abortion increased from before to after the loss of federal protections on abortion so specifically we see that an increase from about 2.4% of the US population of reproductive age in 2021 to 3.3% of the population in the summer of 2023 meanwhile as November elections Loom Democrats Nationwide are campaigning on abortion rights voters in red and blue States alike will have the opportunity to enshrine state level abortion protections with pro-choice Advocates hoping the issue will Galvanize voters