Heartbeat International and its network of more than 3,600 pregnancy help service providers worldwide work tirelessly to offer hope and help to women and families experiencing unexpected pregnancies. From this network of care, we can discover and evaluate trends within the movement as a whole and use them to inform and encourage others on the work accomplished.

The Life Trends Report exists to provide a snapshot of life-affirming pregnancy help. Having an awareness of the trends within the pregnancy help movement creates a better understanding as the culture changes and shifts over time.

The information within the 2025 Life Trends Report pulls in 2024 data and should be used to better understand the services our clients seek, while providing key information to share publicly about the good work and positive impact of pregnancy help.

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Findings from the Report:

• 2,164,043 total client visits to affiliated pregnancy help organizations in 2024
• 498 maternity homes in the U.S., an increase of 17% since 2022
• 172% growth in pregnancy help organizations providing virtual support

Our affiliate pregnancy help centers (PHCs) offer a broad range of services from abstinence education and STD testing/treatment, to Abortion Pill Rescue and parenting classes.

• 71.4% provide Abortion Recovery services.
• 26% are part of the Abortion Pill Rescue Network.
• 75% provide ultrasound.
• 82% provide material aide for families
• 47% provide men's mentoring programs

Abortion Trend: Increased Access with Little Oversight

According to Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at the University of California, there were 758 brick-and-mortar abortion facilities in the U.S. in 2020, and that decreased to 741 in 2023. However, by 2023, 226 new virtual abortion clinics had opened. That makes 967 total places women could access abortion in 2023—more than any point in the past decade.

• Abortions rose from 930,160 in 2020 to over 1 million in 2023
• Reported telehealth abortions accounted for 20% of all U.S. abortions by mid-2024
• Mail-order pill websites like Plan C and Aid Access make it increasingly difficult to track abortion numbers accurately as they are not required to report

Life Trend: Women seek real humans in a time of need

• Option Line shows that Hotline phone calls have risen from 48% of connections in 2022 to 64% in 2024, underscoring the growing need for direct human support during a perceived crisis.

Life Trend: Abortion Pill Reversal

Heartbeat's Abortion Pill Rescue® Network (APRN) connects women who regret taking the first dose of the abortion pill regimen to a network of medical professionals trained to administer the reversal protocol.

• 6,000+ lives have been saved since 2012, according to statistics
• ~2,000 lives were saved in 2024 through APR
• Approaching an average of 200 women start the abortion pill reversal process each month
• Women in all 50 states and 96 countries contacted APRN
• 47% increase in reversal starts since 2020
• Women are seeking APR services throughout the week thanks to mail-order abortion pills 

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