Fewer people are traveling out of state for abortion care — but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re getting fewer abortions.

Following the end of Roe v. Wade, there was a spike in people traveling out of state for reproductive care, including thousands of people from Tennessee, which has one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation.

In 2024, more than 10,020 Tennessee residents travelled out of state to obtain an abortion, according to a new report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports reproductive rights.

So far this year, those numbers have fallen: in the first six months of 2025, there was an 8% decline in patients traveling to states where abortion remains legal to access care.

However, more people are being prescribed abortion pills via telehea

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