Despite many states banning and restricting abortion, the number of abortions in the U.S. has increased since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

In 2020 — the year before Texas became the first state to ban abortion — the number of abortions in the U.S. was 930,160. In 2023, there were 1,026,700 abortions in the U.S. — an increase of close to 100,000, or 11 percent. How do we make sense of this increase?

Abortion pills are used in approximately two-thirds of all abortions today. Telehealth abortion, where health care providers consult with patients online and mail pills to them, was first allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020 and now makes up over 20........

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