Closures far outpaced newly opened abortion facilities in 2017.
In all, 49 abortion facilities - 35 surgical and 14 medication only clinics - closed or halted abortion services. Only eight new surgical abortion facilities were opened, along with eleven new medication abortion facilities.
In 2017, there are 704 abortion facilities remaining in the U.S. Of these, 490 offer surgical abortions, often along with medication abortions. There are 214 facilities that offer only medication abortions.
Forty-five percent of all states had at least one abortion facility that closed or halted all abortion services this year.
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