Requests for Self-managed Medication Abortion Provided Using Online Telemedicine in 30 US States Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization Decision

Abigail R A Aiken; Jennifer E Starling; James G Scott; Rebecca Gomperts

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.18865

Requests for Self-managed Medication Abortion Provided Using Online Telemedicine in 30 US States Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization Decision

JAMA. 2022 Nov 1;328(17):1768-1770. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.18865.

Authors

Abigail R A Aiken¹, Jennifer E Starling², James G Scott³, Rebecca Gomperts⁴

Affiliations

¹ Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.
² Mathematica Policy Research Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Statistics and Data Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.
⁴ Women on Web, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study assesses changes in online telemedicine requests to self-manage abortions with medications before vs after the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Abortifacient Agents* / administration & dosage
Abortifacient Agents* / therapeutic use
Abortion, Induced* / legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Induced* / statistics & numerical data
Abortion, Legal / legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Legal / methods
Abortion, Legal / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Self-Management* / statistics & numerical data
Supreme Court Decisions*
Telemedicine* / statistics & numerical data
United States / epidemiology
Women's Health / legislation & jurisprudence
Women's Health / statistics & numerical data

Substances

Abortifacient Agents