The CDC typically publishes its annual report on abortion trends in late November. Tami Chappell/Reuters/File

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking abortion trends for decades, but this year’s report — including some of the earliest federal data reflecting the effect of significant changes to abortion access nationwide – has been pushed back until spring amid turmoil at the federal agency.

Each year, states and jurisdictions voluntarily report data that they’ve collected to the CDC for a national analysis, a process that has been happening in some form since 1969. The CDC compiles that information into a report that’s typically published in late November.

The US Department of Health and Human Services blames former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Hour

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