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Total Abortions in state of Oregon in 2017: 8,506

(Oregon Health Authority)


The Oregon Health Authority reports that 8,506 abortions took place in Oregon during 2017. This number includes abortions performed on out-of-state residents but does not include abortions performed on Oregon residents in other states.

(Oregon Health Authority)


In 2017, 9,640 abortions were provided in Oregon, though not all abortions that occurred in Oregon were provided to state residents: Some patients may have traveled from other states, and some Oregon residents may have traveled to another state for an abortion.

(Journal of Women’s Health, 2019)


There was a a 1% decline in the abortion rate in Oregon between 2014 and 2017, from 12.0 to 11.9 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age.

(Journal of Women’s Health, 2019)


Abortions in Oregon represent 1.1% of all abortions in the United States

(Journal of Women’s Health, 2019)


In 2017, an estimated 18.1% of pregnancies in Oregon ended in abortion. This number does not take into account miscarriages.

(Guttmacher.org)


The number of abortion clinics in Oregon has decline over the years, with sixty in 1982, forty in 1992 and 16 in 2017.

(New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2019)


There were 29 facilities providing abortion in Oregon in 2017, and 16 of those were clinics.

(New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2019)


There was a 7% increase in clinics between 2014 and 2017.

(New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2019)


In 2017, 78% of Oregon counties had no clinics that provided abortions, and 23% of Oregon women lived in those counties.

(New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2019)