The number of abortions in Kansas increased by several thousand last year, driven entirely by a surge of out-of-state residents as the state became a stronghold of abortion access in the Great Plains. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment released the state’s 2022 abortion statistics on Friday, the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision removing the federal right to abortion. The ruling allowed Missouri and other states to quickly enact bans. In August, Kansas voters rejected a measure that would have allowed legislators to ban the procedure. Last year, 12,318 abortions were performed in Kansas, up from 7,849 in 2021. The growth occurred entirely in abortions among out-of-state residents, which grew by 4,563, according to KDHE’s preliminary report. Kansas residents obtained fewer abortions in 2022 than the year before. The number of Kansas residents receiving abortions dropped by 94 to 3,843. Read more about the new data at the link in our bio...