Abortion

C-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Jul 22, 2026

13,949

Total Edits

3,535

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

1,250

Watchers

25%

Minor Edits

20K

Monthly Views

18

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 4% of the reported 13,949 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Aug 22, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC. Totals and pageviews are source-provided; the activity signal and section list are derived from the retrieved window.

What this edit history shows

The Wikipedia article on Abortion has been edited 13,949 times since it was created in 2001, by 3,535 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 563 recorded changes a year, or several every day, which puts it among the more actively maintained pages on the encyclopedia.

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, the ten busiest contributors account for about 47% of the changes, with the rest spread across a long tail of occasional editors. That is a fairly typical mix of regular maintainers and passing corrections. In the same window, about 8% of the retrieved revisions came from bot accounts, which handle routine work such as link repair and reference formatting.

Within the retrieved window, 2024 carries the most recorded activity, with 214 changes. 18 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 31 days ago.

This report is built from the 500 most recent revisions retrieved from Wikipedia, about 4% of the 13,949 recorded edits. Figures drawn from that window describe the window only, and the report cannot establish why a change was made or whether it was correct. For older revisions, talk-page discussion and full context, follow the source history on Wikipedia.

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History and religionSafetyReligionMental healthMedical

Recent Changeslast 90 days

NightHeronUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1365422391|1365422391]] by [[Special:Contributions/AimatLove|AimatLove]] ([[User talk:AimatLove|talk]])unnecessary and inadvisable per [[WP:NPOV]], as has been discussed on the talk page.
Jul 22, 2026
AimatLoveChanged 'Safety' heading to 'Maternal safety' [added a qualifying adjective], as induced abortions are almost universally fatal for the entit(y/ies)/patient(s) aborted.
Jul 22, 2026
FlammableBotFlammableBot: Corrections to implement MOS:POSLINK
Jul 14, 2026
Kanagawastationper my previous edit: WP:NPV
Jul 14, 2026
Kanagawastationi do not believe the image is fit for the lead. elsewhere in the article might work.
Jul 14, 2026
NightHeronUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1363915401|1363915401]] by [[Special:Contributions/Godzillasizedemu|Godzillasizedemu]] ([[User talk:Godzillasizedemu|talk]])correcting wrong term; "induced" does not mean "without intervention"
Jul 13, 2026
GodzillasizedemuWP:common name
Jul 13, 2026
GodzillasizedemuFixed text error
Jul 13, 2026
GodzillasizedemuRe-added cut earlier image, with context in caption.
Jul 13, 2026
OrdinaryOtterUsing the abbreviation makes it unclear if the sentence is ending or not
Jul 8, 2026
FleeceMDUpdated 2nd-trimester abortion method source to 2025 Cochrane review to replace 2008 version
Jul 8, 2026
FleeceMDReplace vague "Others favor..." attribution with specific framing per WP:NPOV
Jul 8, 2026
FleeceMDFixed pronoun-number agreement for China
Jul 8, 2026
FleeceMDFix stray possessive ("Finkbine's was"). Tagged four uncited sentences in Fetal health section WP:V
Jul 8, 2026
MasterhatchUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1362081407|1362081407]] by [[Special:Contributions/Monathephantom|Monathephantom]] ([[User talk:Monathephantom|talk]]) discuss a change like that on the talk page
Jul 1, 2026
Monathephantom/* */
Jul 1, 2026
Oklopfersubstitute per [[MOS:SECTIONANCHOR]]
Jun 28, 2026
OAbot[[Wikipedia:OABOT|Open access bot]]: doi, url-access=subscription updated in citation with #oabot.
Jun 1, 2026

Common questions about Abortion on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Abortion been edited?

Wikipedia records 13,949 edits to Abortion since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 3,535 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Abortion the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is BillHPike, with 61 edits. A high edit count reflects recorded activity in this window only; it does not imply ownership of the article or that the edits were accepted unchanged.

When was the Wikipedia article on Abortion created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Abortion is dated November 5, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Abortion edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2024 holds the most recorded changes, at 214. Because the report covers a retrieved window rather than the entire history, an earlier year outside that window could have been busier.

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