ORLANDO, FL – After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision returned the abortion issue to the people and their elected representatives in June 2022, 14 states now have active near-total abortion bans that have reduced elective abortions in those states down to zero. While reports indicate that many women from these states are still getting elective abortions through out-of-state travel or telemedicine, data from January to June 2023 indicate birth rates have increased in states banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy to the rate of 2.3 percent relative to states where abortion is unrestricted. This rate translates to these bans saving about 32,000 babies in those six months alone.