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Massachusetts Abortion Numbers More than Double in One Year with Increase Spurred by Out-of-State Women

Seamus OthotBy Seamus OthotApril 1, 2026Updated:April 1, 20262 Comments3 Mins Read
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The most recent Massachusetts abortion data revealed that the number of abortions provided in the state more than doubled from 2023-2024, driven in large part by out-of-state women and “telehealth” abortions.

[RELATED: Maine Has More Abortion Clinics Per Woman than Any Other State…]

“While the governor insists that abortion is not only health care but a human right as well, Massachusetts Citizens for Life maintains that life itself is the first and most important human right. And we have learned once again that our state consistently denies this basic human right to our most vulnerable,” said Massachusetts Citizens for Life President Myrna Maloney Flynn in a statement issued Wednesday.

“We have arrived at a point where the abortion industry and the women’s rights movement—which both claim to champion women’s health and safety, their freedom and empowerment—can no longer assert that they provide any of those things,” she added.

The recently released 2024 data revealed that the total number of abortions in the state rose from 24,355 in 2023 to 49,450 in 2024, an increase of 103 percent.

The increase was largely fueled by both telehealth abortions, which allow abortifacient drugs such as mifepristone to be sent to women via the mail without any actual medical examination, and women seeking abortions from out of state.

Exporting abortion is a growth business in the Bay State. Chart by WBUR. pic.twitter.com/IT2yulxdc1

— JohnFGately (@johnfgately) March 19, 2026

In 2023, Massachusetts recorded 5,744 “telehealth” abortions and 6,419 abortions for women from out of state. In 2024, the state saw 30,902 “telehealth” abortions, and 27,836 abortions provided to non-Massachusetts residents, exceeding the total number of abortions from the previous year.

Massachusetts, like Maine, has “shield laws” that protect abortion providers from legal repercussions if they provide abortions or prescribe abortion pills to people living in states with more restrictive abortion laws.

Pro-life organizations often raise concerns over the increasing number of “telehealth” abortions, pointing out that they could be used by abusers or sex traffickers to force their victims into taking abortion pills received through the mail and meant to be taken without medical supervision.

“The state can’t report on which women are having abortions because it does not know anything about these women, and neither do the abortionists who prescribe mifepristone. They don’t even know whether women ordered and consumed the drugs, or if a partner did so with an intent to trick or coerce,” said Flynn.

The 2024 data also showed that 8,495 of the year’s abortions were performed using public, taxpayer-funded insurance.

Flynn raised concerns that the 2024 data included significantly less information than the previous year’s and no longer collected details on the states from which out-of-state abortion recipients came, the marital status of recipients, and the number of previous abortions a recipient has procured, among other details.

“These omissions reflect the sharp increase in chemical abortion, via the largely unregulated mifepristone, which the FDA has made available online without a physical examination or pregnancy confirmation,” said Flynn.

While Maine has similarly permissive abortion laws, it saw just 123 abortions provided to out-of-state women in 2024.

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Seamus Othot

Seamus Othot is a reporter for The Maine Wire. He grew up in New Hampshire, and graduated from The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, where he was able to spend his time reading the great works of Western Civilization. He can be reached at [email protected] or ‪(401) 216-9160‬.

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Rooster
Rooster
2 months ago

Satanic, the sacrifice of babies must continue. What sick, perverted party democrats are.

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Talmudburner
Talmudburner
2 months ago

There is no excuse for the murder of the most innocent lives. Every woman guilty of abortion deserves the same dismembering death that the child recieved. No anesthesia, no regard for safety or comfort, they deserve death.

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