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NortheastCapital · ProvidencePop · 1,097,379In the CDC count
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Civic facts

The basics

Capital
Providence
Largest city
Providence
Population (2020)
1,097,379
Area
1,545 sq mi
Admitted
1790
Region
Northeast
U.S. House seats
2
Who represents it

Officials & delegation

Governor
Dan McKee
Democratic
U.S. Senator
Jack Reed
Democratic
U.S. Senator
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic
U.S. House
2 seats
2020 apportionment
Reporting & the law

What Rhode Island reports

Federal participation
Submits data to CDCDid the jurisdiction submit abortion data to the CDC for the most recent surveillance year?
yes
Reporting to CDC is voluntary; the non-reporting set can change year to year.
◐ secondary
State mandate
State reporting mandateDoes state law require providers to report abortions to the state?
full
◐ secondary
Statute citationExact code section creating the reporting requirement.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-3-17(b)
“Fetal death registration”: all fetal deaths — which RI DOH treats as including induced terminations — are reported to the Department of Health within seven days. The implementing regulation 216-RICR-20-10-6 was repealed (2023), leaving this statute as the primary hook.
✓ primary code
Reporting frequencyHow often providers must file (monthly, quarterly, annually).
per_procedure
◐ secondary
Data granularityIndividual-level records (no names) vs aggregate statistics.
individual
Individual-level records exclude patient names.
◐ secondary
What is collected
Patient demographicsAge, race, ethnicity, marital status, prior births.
yes
◐ secondary
Gestational durationGestational age at time of abortion.
yes
◐ secondary
Method / typeProcedural vs medication abortion and specific method.
yes
◐ secondary
Patient residenceState/county of residence -- needed to measure interstate travel.
yes
◐ secondary
Facility / clinician identityNames of facility and provider. Central to the privacy debate.
yes
◐ secondary
Reason for abortionPatient's stated reason for seeking care.
no
◐ secondary
Fetal viabilityWhether the fetus was viable.
no
◐ secondary
Counseling complianceWhether counseling requirements were met.
no
◐ secondary
Parental involvement complianceWhether parental consent/notice requirements were met.
no
◐ secondary
Born-alive reportingRequires reporting on infants born alive / surviving attempted abortion.
no
◐ secondary
Health outcomes
Complications / adverse eventsWhether the state requires reporting of physical complications. This is the field that speaks to health outcomes; incidence counts do not.
no
◐ secondary
Complication definition standardWhether the state defines reportable complications, and how.
—
n/a
Publishes a public annual reportWhether the state publishes its collected data publicly.
Not yet researched
not yet researched
Legal context
Total abortion ban in effectWhether a total/near-total ban is currently in effect.
no
◐ secondary
Detail & equity
Gestational-stage breakdownReports counts by gestational age — what makes late-term (21+ wk) figures visible.
Not yet researched
not yet researched
Late-term (21+ wk) tablePublishes a gestational-age table that isolates a 21+ week (late-term) bracket.
Not yet researched
not yet researched
Payment source (Medicaid vs private)Whether the report captures who paid — Medicaid/public funds vs private insurance vs self-pay.
Not yet researched
not yet researched
Marital status
Not yet researched
not yet researched
Patient educationA socioeconomic indicator.
Not yet researched
not yet researched
Reproductive historyPrior pregnancies / live births / prior abortions.
Not yet researched
not yet researched