Medication or surgical abortion? An exploratory study of patient decision making on a popular social media platform

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Sep;225(3):344-347. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.05.011. Epub 2021 May 19.

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, McConnell Hall, Fourth Floor, 1010 Mound St., Madison, WI 53715. Electronic address: Laura.Jacques@wisc.edu.
² Texas Policy Evaluation Project, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
⁴ The Information School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Department of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

Abstract

We document abortion method decision-making through analyzing posts on Reddit, a popular social media platform.