Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain an abortion in the first six months of 2025 than the same period last year, marking the first reported decline in clinic visits since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022.

But data contained in a new report by the Guttmacher Institute, a policy organization that advocates for reproductive rights, makes clear that is only a partial picture of abortion in America this year.

While the data shows an 8% decline in patients traveling to clinics in states where abortion remains legal, it does not take into account the increasing reliance on telehealth to obtain abortion-inducing medication.

That shift to telehealth for abortion services was borne out in Tennessee last year.

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