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TABLE 4.

Percentage of clinics that canceled or postponed abortion appointments or had to close temporarily, according to whether they were in a state that declared abortion to be an essential service

Measure	State declared that abortion is an essential service
Measure	Yes (n=51)	No (n=34)	Explicitly declared abortion is not essential (n=14)
Canceled/postponed appointment
Medication abortion^**	20	18	71
First‐trimester aspiration abortion^***	20	38	93
Second‐trimester or later abortion^***	14	26	71
Closed temporarily ^***	10	10	77

^{^**}

p<.01.

^{^***}

p<.001.