Illinois by far remained the most popular destination nationally among patients who had to cross state lines to obtain abortion services in 2025, according to a new report from a prominent abortion-rights organization

Illinois-based providers performed nearly 1 out of 4 four abortions for patients seeking the procedure outside of their home state, often as a result of outright abortion bans or prohibitive restrictions where they live.

The data from the Guttmacher Institute shows no other state came close to Illinois in terms of volume last year, with providers here performing the procedure at a rate nearly double the state with the next highest level of abortions on out-of-state patients, North Carolina.

Since two-term Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker took office in 2019, he has moved to preserve and strengthen access to abortion rights in Illinois even as the U.S. Supreme Court embraced tighter restrictions on the procedure and gave states authority to impose total bans.