For the last four decades, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has partnered with the states to collect aggregate statistics on abortions in the United States. States are not required to submit abortion data to the CDC, but the overwhelming majority do. To collect individual-level data, most state vital statistics agencies have designed a form that abortion providers use for reporting to the state. Typically, the form requires:
After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion drug mifepristone in 2000, most states adjusted their forms to include questions about medication (nonsurgical) abortion. More recently, states have reconfigured their systems so that reporting is increasingly being done via the Internet.
State Requirements for Abortion Reporting |
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STATE |
REPORTING REQUIRED |
METHOD OF PAYMENT |
COMPLICATIONS |
REASONS FOR PROCEDURE |
FETUS VIABLE |
MET STATE REQUIREMENT FOR: |
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Woman's Health/Life |
Rape/Incest |
Fetal Abnormality |
Other* |
Mandated Counseling |
Parental Involvement |
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Alabama |
X† |
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|
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|
|
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|
|
X |
Alaska |
X |
X |
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|
|
X |
|
|
X |
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Arizona |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
‡ |
|
X |
Arkansas |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
Colorado |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Connecticut |
X |
|
X |
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|
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|
|
|
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Delaware |
X |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Dist. of Columbia |
X |
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|
|
|
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|
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Florida |
X† |
|
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
Georgia |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
Hawaii |
X† |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Idaho |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
Illinois |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Indiana |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
X‡ |
|
X |
Iowa |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Kansas |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
‡ |
|
X |
Kentucky |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Louisiana |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
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Maine |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Massachusetts |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
‡ |
|
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Michigan |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
Minnesota |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
|
Mississippi |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
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|
|
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Missouri |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
Montana |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
X‡ |
|
|
Nebraska |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
|
Nevada |
X† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Hampshire |
Ω |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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New Jersey |
Ω |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
New Mexico |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
|
|
|
North Carolina |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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North Dakota |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Ohio |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oklahoma |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X‡ |
X |
X |
Oregon |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
‡ |
|
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Rhode Island |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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South Carolina |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
X |
South Dakota |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Tennessee |
X† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Texas |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
‡ |
|
X |
Utah |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
|
Vermont |
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Virginia |
X |
|
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
Washington |
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
|
West Virginia |
X |
|
|
X |
|
X |
|
|
X |
X |
Wisconsin |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
X |
Wyoming |
X |
|
X |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
46 + DC |
8 |
28 |
10 |
7 |
15 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
14 |
▼ Enforcement permanently enjoined by a court order; policy not in effect. |