A total of 45 abortion facilities closed or halted abortions nationwide in 2020, leaving one state without an active abortion facility, according to a survey conducted by Operation Rescue, a national pro-life organization based in Wichita, Kansas.

Missouri has become the first abortion-free state – at least in practice for now. The embattled Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood in St. Louis, Missouri, was the last abortion facility in Missouri. It remains open, but Operation Rescue has confirmed that all abortion appointments are now being referred to the Fairview Heights Planned Parenthood facility across the Mississippi River in Illinois.

Other noteworthy facts were revealed by Operation Rescue’s survey of every U.S. abortion facility.

  • There are currently 706 active abortion facilities in the U.S.
  • Since Operation Rescue began tracking the number of abortion facilities in 2009, surgical abortion facilities have decreased in number by 255.
  • Since 1991, there has been an incredible 79 percent drop in the number of surgical abortion facilities nationwide.
  • There was a net loss of four U.S. abortion clinics overall in 2020.
  • The number of Planned Parenthood abortion facilities decreased in 2020.
  • 2020 was the first year that Operation Rescue tracked the number of facilities that distributed abortion drugs via telemedicine. The survey found that 69 locations, representing 78 percent of all abortion facilities, now operate telemedicine abortion programs.

Abortion pill facility numbers have been steadily on the rise over the past decade, increasing 47.2 percent in the past eleven years.

The above comes from a Jan. 5 email from Operation Rescue.