Regret begins before a chemical abortion has finished its deadly work

Published June 23, 2026 9:00am ET



The downside of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade has been the rise of chemical abortion and the way it allows abortion sellers to circumvent state laws designed to protect unborn children and their mothers.

While exact numbers are hard to pin down, the accepted wisdom is that chemical abortion now accounts for more than 60% of the abortions in the United States.

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