A big difference in abortion trends in Missouri and Illinois -- according to a new study conducted on medical records over the past few years.
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The study from the Guttmacher Institute looked at abortion trends between 2017 and 2020.
During that time period, Illinois saw abortions go up 25-percent -- from 42 thousand in 2017 to 52 thousand three years later.
Some of the increases are attributed to women travelling from neighboring states which stricter abortion restrictions.
Missouri meanwhile saw a big drop -- down 96 percent -- from 47 hundred in 2017 to 170 in 2020.
Under Missouri’s trigger law passed in 2019, abortions are now only permitted in cases of a medical emergency. There are no exceptions for rape or incest under the law.