Maine’s 2024 abortion report was published in November 2025. The report indicates that abortions decreased from 2023 to 2024. Below, Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) summarizes the information in the abortion report published by the state. This data does not include the total number of abortions obtained by Maine residents out of state or the number […] The post Abortion Reporting: Maine (2024) appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Oregon’s 2024 abortion statistics were published in October 2025 on the state’s Induced Termination of Pregnancy Dashboard run by the Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) Center for Health Statistics. During 2024, reported abortions in the state decreased from 2023. The data published by the state does not include the total number of abortions obtained by Oregon […] The post Abortion Reporting: Oregon (2024) appeared first on Lozier Institute .
On January 14, 2026, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on “Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs.” Dr. Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst, a board‑certified obstetrician‑gynecologist with more than three decades of experience, testified at the hearing. She described the physical and mental risks associated with abortion drugs, […] The post Testimony of Monique Chireau Wubbenhorst, M.D. Before the Senate HELP Committee appeared first on Lozier Institute .
International shipment of abortion drugs into the U.S. violates many of the country’s laws and regulations while placing unborn babies at risk and endangering women Washington D.C.—A new Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) report documents how international entities are bypassing U.S. laws and regulations to ship massive numbers of abortion drugs nationwide. The report discusses […] The post New Report: How Overseas Abortion Drugs Are Flooding the U.S. appeared first on Lozier Institute .
This is Issue 37 of the American Reports Series. Executive Summary In the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the approval and oversight of drugs, including abortion drugs. However, some entities mail unapproved abortion drugs into the U.S. from various international sources, violating U.S. laws and regulations. Unregulated international online […] The post International Shipments of Abortion Drugs appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Nearly 40% of women who suffer pregnancy loss – either a miscarriage or an abortion – report persistent grief for an average of 20 years after the incident, according to a new study. Whether a woman chose to end a pregnancy or suffered a coerced abortion or miscarriage significantly impacts the duration and weight of her grief, researchers concluded. Continue Reading at The […] The post Women suffer debilitating grief for more than 20 years after miscarriage or abortion, study finds appeared first on Lozier Institute .
An Ohio woman force-fed abortion pills by her ex-boyfriend cannot sue him for wrongful death of her child and other damages unless she surrenders her anonymity, a judge has ruled. Continue Reading at Life Site News >> The post Judge orders victim of forced abortion to reveal identity or drop lawsuit against ex-boyfriend appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Over three years have passed since Roe v. Wade’s overturning, and yet, abortion pill usage has surged in the U.S. Despite the mounting data revealing the life-threatening risks abortion drugs pose to women, more than 60% percent of abortions in the U.S. are executed via medication, a 53% increase since 2020. Meanwhile, abortion bans are […] The post The Shrouded Dangers of the Abortion Pill appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Few details are known about the new manufacturer expected to start selling its generic version of the abortion pill in January. Evita Solutions’ application was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September, despite earlier promises from administration officials that a review of the abortion pill was underway. Continue Reading at The Daily […] The post We Know Shockingly Little About The Company Approved To Distribute Abortion Drugs In New Year appeared first on Lozier Institute .
This Christmas season, pregnancy centers in North Carolina are continuing their role as the “go to” for women and families encountering unplanned pregnancies, with a regional medical director of four centers in North Carolina detailing why the organizations are vital. Continue Reading at The Center Square >> The post Doctor: NC pregnancy centers a ‘go-to’ for women in crisis this Christmas season appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Many women present to the emergency department following abortion. The risk of an emergency department (ED) visit is especially pronounced for drug-induced abortions,[1] with the Food and Drug Administration label for the abortion drug mifepristone acknowledging that 2.9% to 4.6% of women who use mifepristone may end up in the ED.[2] Research shows that ED […] The post Fact Sheet: Abortion Complications and Related ICD-10 Codes appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Originally published on June 28, 2022, this paper was updated on October 13, 2023, February 25, 2025, and December 18, 2025. OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY As of December 2025, 19 states had authorized some form of alternatives to abortion (A2A) funding for life-affirming Pregnancy Help Organizations (PHOs), which typically include pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, maternity […] The post Fact Sheet: State Alternatives to Abortion Funding appeared first on Lozier Institute .
This is Issue 36 of the American Reports Series. Originally published December 2025; updated January 2026 to address the January 6, 2026 decision from the Wyoming Supreme Court striking down Wyoming’s gestation-based abortion limit Introduction In post-Roe America, a legal divide exists between states that protect unborn children and their mothers and those that shield […] The post Abortion Law in America Today: Introduction and the Pro-Life States appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Most observers of the abortion debate would likely agree that it is primarily a matter of ethics, a contest between the Hippocratic standard of respect for human life and various forms of humanistic pragmatism that allow abortion as a way to address personal and social problems. Resolving that debate has engaged philosophers of medicine, religious […] The post Quality and Integrity in the Great Abortion Data Debate appeared first on Lozier Institute .
CLI Summary This study screened women who had had abortions or pregnancy losses for complicated or prolonged grief. Over half the women who felt that their abortions were coerced were at the highest risk on the scale. Overall, nearly 40% of women who had an abortion or miscarriage reported that the worst of their negative […] The post Degrees of grief and complicated grief self-attributed to natural and induced pregnancy losses in a national population of 41–45-year-old females appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Additionally co-authored by Francois K. Domagni, Daniel J. Tsang, and Christopher Craver Abstract Background: Research concerning the long-term health consequences of induced abortion is constrained by both the limitations in the availability of data necessary to construct complete reproductive histories, as well as the limitations in the analytical methods necessary to interpret them. Objective: This […] The post Patterns of Prior Induced Abortions and the Likelihood of Subsequent Natural Pregnancy Loss: Exploratory Application of Pregnancy Outcome Sequencing appeared first on Lozier Institut
First-of-its-kind study establishes methodology to explore the connection between abortion and pregnancy loss Washington D.C.—A new peer-reviewed study from the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) introduces pregnancy outcome sequencing as a research framework by analyzing the number and order of all the pregnancy outcomes a woman experiences—live birth, abortion, or natural loss. The framework provides […] The post Groundbreaking CLI Framework Reveals How Pregnancy Outcome Patterns May Affect Women’s Health appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Originally published in July 2022; updated in September 2023 and again in December 2025. Twenty-two states have one or more strong gestational limits on abortion that are either in effect or are enjoined while in litigation. Each of these states permits abortion in those rare and heartbreaking circumstances when it is necessary to save the […] The post Pro-Life Laws Protect Mom and Baby: Pregnant Women’s Lives are Protected in All States appeared first on Lozier Institute .
The relatives will be here soon, and you have almost all of the Christmas meal planning done, but you realize that you forgot the cranberry sauce and need to make a grocery run. At the store, you see a familiar sight: the cheerful face of a person donning a red apron, ringing a bell, asking […] The post Donors should be able to support pro-life causes without government harassment appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Abortion advocates have misleadingly used the topic of “maternal health” to promote a pro-abortion agenda. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, the American public has been told repeatedly that abortion is often needed to protect the life of a pregnant woman in an emergency, and that without abortion, maternal mortality in the U.S. would […] The post Fact Sheet: Introduction to Maternal Mortality appeared first on Lozier Institute .
For decades, Big Abortion and extremist politicians have attacked pregnancy centers in futile attempts to chill their life-affirming work. These efforts culminated in the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, which struck down a California law that forced pregnancy centers to engage in objectionable speech. The court ruled that this violated the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Continue Reading at The Daily Caller >> The post Pregnancy Centers And Life-Affirming Care Vs Political Harassment appeared first on Lozier Institute
The latest report on the work of pregnancy care centers is out from the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), and it is the most encouraging yet. Titled “Pregnancy Centers: Rising to the Occasion with Unwavering Care,” the research concludes that 2,775 of these life-affirming centers provided over $452 million worth of medical care, education, and material […] The post New Pregnancy Help Report Shows Major Service Growth appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Pregnancy centers across the country helped a record number of women in 2024 with millions of dollars’ worth of medical and support services as pro-lifers grapple with challenges from aggressive Democratic officials, according to a new report. The report found that 3,799,816 men and women were served across 2,775 pregnancy resource centers in 2024. Services […] The post Facing Opposition from Democrats, Pregnancy Centers Continue to Help Record Number of Women appeared first on Lozier Institute .
To be fair, which the other side never is to us, I can easily understand how the “Turnaway Study” has achieved the status of pro-abortion lore. The conclusion—the interpretation, more accurately—is that women who are denied an abortion are harmed and those that go ahead to have an abortion are not. Can’t get much better […] The post Another analysis of the infamous pro-abortion “Turnaway” study also finds gaping holes in its conclusions appeared first on Lozier Institute .
With scrutiny mounting over the risks of the abortion drug mifepristone, the abortion industry is increasingly pivoting to an alternative: misoprostol-only abortion. This shift is being framed as a safe and effective option. But as an OBGYN, I am compelled to clarify what the evidence actually shows. Misoprostol-only abortion is not a medical advancement. It […] The post Another medication abortion false promise appeared first on Lozier Institute .
The “Turnaway Study” is the basis for a series of papers published by researchers with Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) that examine the impacts of unwanted pregnancy on women’s lives. Researchers compared the outcomes for three groups of women who were recruited at abortion centers: 1) women who had been turned away from […] The post Fact Sheet: Problems and Limits of the Turnaway Study appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Originally published in September 2024, this fact sheet was updated in January 2025, and again in November 2025. Executive Summary “Abortion up to birth” is sometimes used to describe abortions in the seventh, eighth, or ninth month of pregnancy because these abortions occur in the same general timeframe in which babies are born. Since the […] The post Fact Sheet: Abortion Up to Birth appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Originally published in February 2019, this fact sheet was updated on May 16, 2022, on January 9, 2025, and again on November 20, 2025. What is a Late-Term Abortion? “Late-term” abortion is an imprecise term used to refer to abortions performed in the third month of pregnancy or later.[1] For the purposes of this fact […] The post Questions and Answers on Late-Term Abortion appeared first on Lozier Institute .
A mother who felt pressured by her husband to take the abortion pill at nine weeks into her pregnancy says a Las Vegas pregnancy center helped save her child’s life after she experienced regret. During a press call on Monday, nurse Jessica Williams said she was preparing to divorce her husband in 2022 during a […] The post Mom pressured to take abortion drugs says a pregnancy center saved her baby’s life appeared first on Lozier Institute .
2024 data from pregnancy centers reveal record growth in services and goods, meet rising needs for women, men and families post-Dobbs. Washington D.C.—The Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) released its 2025 National Pregnancy Center Report which highlighted that 2,775 pregnancy centers nationwide provided over $452 million in total medical care, support and education services, and […] The post NEW: Pregnancy Centers Provided Over $452 Million in Services and Goods to Families appeared first on Lozier Institute .
