The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) annual abortion surveillance report has been delayed until spring amid internal turmoil at the Department of Health and Human Services.
The report, normally released in November, tracks national abortion trends using state-submitted data and would offer the first full federal snapshot of post-Dobbs changes in access.
HHS officials blame former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry for halting the analysis and returning the data.
UPDATE: CDC sent us a second response as that they are working to publish abortion report in Spring 2026 https://t.co/I26vFpWyuM
— Carole Novielli (@CaroleNovielli) November 27, 2025
Houry disputes that, saying massive HHS layoffs in April left the agency without staff to process the report and that new political controls on external communication stalled the program.
Houry later resigned alongside other senior CDC officials who accused HHS leadership of censorship and politicization.
Meanwhile, outside researchers say abortions continued rising in 2025. A new #WeCount report shows roughly 99,000 abortions per month in early 2025, driven entirely by telehealth medication abortions, which now account for more than a quarter of all procedures.
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