By Laura Echevarria, LifeSiteNews.
A newly published national report documents shifts in America’s abortion landscape, highlighting the expansion of chemical abortions, shield laws that protect abortionists and not women, and renewed efforts to protect women and unborn children following the fall of Roe v. Wade.
The Status of Abortion in the United States 2026, released by National Right to Life, offers a comprehensive overview of abortion policy, statistics, and legal developments at the federal and state levels.
Among its findings:
- Chemical abortions now account for nearly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions, driven largely by mail-order pills shipped into every state, often in violation of local safeguards.
- Half of the states have moved to enshrine abortion in law or state constitutions, while 19 states currently enforce protections for unborn children at or before 12 weeks of pregnancy.
- New research shows abortion pills are associated with far higher complication rates than previously acknowledged, prompting a renewed federal review of mifepristone.
- The Hyde Amendment marks its 50th anniversary and it is estimated to have saved more than 2.6 million lives by preventing taxpayer funding of abortion.
The report also introduces National Right to Life’s APPLE Act (Abortion Pill Provider Liability and Education Act), model legislation designed to hold abortion-pill providers accountable and give women legal recourse when harmed.