Communities Need Clinics: Press Kit 2025

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Press release: New Report Underscores the Crucial Role of Independent Abortion Providers in 2025

Abortion Care Network releases its annual “Communities Need Clinics” report with data demonstrating the critical role independent clinics play in ensuring access to care.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Abortion Care Network released its ninth annual “Communities Need Clinics” report, highlighting the role of independent abortion clinics (indies) in the U.S. The data-driven report highlights the crucial role independent clinics play, the challenges they face, and how these challenges have intensified following the Dobbs decision in 2022. The report offers an important snapshot of the current landscape of abortion care that can inform both end-of-year pieces and ongoing reporting.

Key findings in the report include:

Independent abortion clinics provide the majority of abortion care nationwide (approximately 58% of abortions happen at indies).
Entire regions depend on indies for abortion care: the majority of abortion clinics in politically hostile states are independent.
100 indies have been forced to close or stop providing abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June of 2022.
Abortion bans have regional impacts: 13 states are without a single abortion clinic, and 58% of the indie clinics forced to close or stop providing abortions since 2022 were in the South or the Midwest U.S.
Access to later abortion depends on independent clinics. Indies make up the majority of clinics providing care in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.

The full report is available here

Any of the quotes below may be used in coverage of the report:

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Past coverage of ACN’s Communities Need Clinics report:

2024:

The Guardian: As funding dries up, private abortion clinics across the US are closing
Jezebel: Even When a State Bans Abortion, Their Communities Still Need Abortion Clinics
Bloomberg: Abortion Clinics Are Still Opening in US, at Cost of $1 Million Each
States Newsroom: Report details struggles of independent abortion clinics nationwide after Roe
Ms. Magazine: Despite Bans and Anti-Choice Violence, Independent Abortion Clinics Fight to Keep Their Doors Open
Healthcare Brew: Report finds independent abortion clinics face more threats, decline post-Dobbs

Previous years:

The Guardian: Dozens of independent abortion clinics closed in 2023 post-Roe, study finds
Common Dreams: Post-Dobbs Bans Leave 14 States With No Abortion Clinics
Bloomberg: Twice as Many Abortion Clinics Closed in 2022 as Last Year
TIME: Abortion Clinic Closures Double in Year After End of Roe v. Wade.
USA Today: Independent abortion clinics are ‘disappearing from communities’ after the end of Roe v. Wade.
Ms. Magazine: Independent Abortion Clinics Are Critical to the Healthcare Ecosystem—And Must Be Protected.
Washington Post: Abortion Clinics Shouldn’t Have to Stand Alone.
TIME: Abortion Clinics Are Rapidly Closing. Many Won’t Come Back.
VICE News: Indie Clinics Are Shutting Down All Over the Country
Rewire News: The COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Everything, Including Abortion Care
Ms. Magazine: The Future of Abortion Care Depends on Independent Providers
Ms. Magazine: Communities Need Independent Abortion Clinics

About Abortion Care Network

Abortion Care Network is the fiercest champion for independent abortion clinics across the U.S. Founded in 2008, ACN is the only national membership association dedicated to supporting independent, community-based abortion care providers and their allies. We know that in order to ensure that abortion is accessible for all, we must stand up for independent clinics, which is why we play a leading role in supporting the sustainability of community-based abortion care. As a community that fights for what’s right, we are guided by an anti-oppression framework to safeguard abortion access, end clinic harassment, and continue to support providers in offering exceptional care.