2024 marys comfort blessing 40 More maternity homes are popping up across the United States to house and support pregnant mothers and their babies since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022. 

According to the Maternity Housing Coalition’s most recent 2023 report, there are now more than 450 maternity homes in the U.S. — a 23% increase since the Dobbs decision overturned Roe. 

While the more than 5,300 pregnancy centers outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics 14 to 1, according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the more than 400 maternity homes in the U.S. meet a different need that pregnancy centers often can’t fill — safe housing. 

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