From a report on abortion in the United States:
“Today, aspiration is the most common abortion method used in the United States, accounting for almost 68% of abortions performed overall in 2013.
Its use, however, is likely to decline as the use of medication abortion increases. The percentage of total abortions by the medication method rose from 10.6 to 22.3% between 2004 and 2013. In 2014, approximately 45% of abortions up to nine weeks’ gestation were medication abortions, up from 36% in 2011.
Fewer than 9% of abortions are performed after 13 weeks’ gestation – typically by D&E. In 2013, approximately 2% of US abortions at 14 weeks’ gestation or later were induction procedures.”
The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Reproductive Health Services: The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States (Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2018) 5
