Latest NewsFlorida’s Six-Week Ban Led to Substantial Drop in Clinician-Provided Abortions PatSeptember 12, 2024 New estimates from Guttmacher’s Monthly Abortion Provision Study show that clinician-provided abortions dropped substantially in Florida after a ban on abortions after six weeks’ gestation took effect on May 1, 2024. The decline likely reflects reductions in access to abortion for Florida residents as well as people from neighboring states with abortion bans who would have traveled to Florida for abortion care. Abortion CareFloridalegislationPost-DobbsReproductive rights