Across the country, abortions are up. The data show an increase of 11% between 2020 and 2023. Medication abortions are up 10% from 2020 to 2023, and they now comprise 63% of abortions.

Still, the media and Democratic politicians claim that women are dying from abortion bans and that President-elect Donald Trump is to blame for their untimely deaths. But even a cursory glance at these claims reveals the truth. And despite what one thinks of Trump, the truth doesn’t point to him as the culprit.