Carrie Snyder, executive director of Ohio Right to Life, says the Department of Health's 2025 report on Induced Abortions shows that 25,135 children died by abortion in the state last year.
That is the highest number since 2012.
"The 2025 abortion report revealed that the equivalent of a small city was lost, with the killing of over 25,000 babies last year in Ohio," she relays. "We're extremely saddened at this loss of life."
Of this number, 79.1% of the abortions were done on Ohio residents. Over 20% were on women from out of state.
Ohio previously restricted abortions through a heartbeat law, a waiting period, and mandated counseling. However, in 2023, voters approved the Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety Amendment to the state constitution, legalizing abortion in Ohio up to fetal viability, typically considered to be around 22–24 weeks of pregnancy.
Pro‑life groups warned that the amendment's wording was deceptive, overly broad, and unclear. They said it did not clearly explain what was at stake and rightly predicted the language would be used to eliminate or weaken longstanding protections for women and babies.
In a recent press release, Snyder says her organization worked hard to inform the voters of Ohio that adding an amendment to expand abortion would be devastating, and this report shows the real-world consequences of removing abortion restrictions.
"We are not going stop advocating for the smallest and the most vulnerable people in Ohio," Snyder asserts. "We're going to partner with pregnancy centers and legislators across the state until every person has a legal protection that they deserve."
States are not required to report abortion figures, and states like California, Maryland, New Jersey, and New Hampshire do not report abortions at all or provide the Centers for Disease Control with incomplete data.
Still, total counts in states with restrictions like Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, and Louisiana tend to be far lower than in Ohio.
