Changes in Abortion in Texas Following an Executive Order Ban During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Kari White; Bhavik Kumar; Vinita Goyal; Robin Wallace; Sarah C M Roberts; Daniel Grossman

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.24096

Changes in Abortion in Texas Following an Executive Order Ban During the Coronavirus Pandemic

JAMA. 2021 Feb 16;325(7):691-693. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.24096.

Authors

Kari White¹, Bhavik Kumar², Vinita Goyal³, Robin Wallace⁴, Sarah C M Roberts⁵, Daniel Grossman⁵

Affiliations

¹ Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin.
² Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Houston, Texas.
³ Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin.
⁴ Southwestern Women's Surgery Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁵ Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This study assesses changes in abortions performed and at what gestational age following a Texas order postponing non–medically necessary surgeries due to the COVID-19 pandemic compared with abortions performed during the same months in 2019.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Abortifacient Agents
Abortion, Legal / legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Legal / methods
Abortion, Legal / statistics & numerical data*
COVID-19*
Female
Gestational Age
Government Regulation*
Humans
Pregnancy
Texas

Substances

Abortifacient Agents

Grants and funding

P2C HD042849/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States