3/26/24 California’s emergency stockpile of abortion pills is totally depleted. But after today’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing over whether to restrict medication abortion, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office says he’s still deciding whether a resupply is necessary. Last year Newsom announced…
Jones & Friedrich-Karnik. Guttmacher Institute. March 2024 New Guttmacher Institute research from the Monthly Abortion Provision Study shows that there were approximately 642,700 medication abortions in the United States in 2023, accounting for 63% of all abortions in the formal health care…
Seymour, Higgins, & Roberts. Contraception. March 2024. This study, the first to examine abortion preferences in the United States, using a discrete choice experiment, demonstrates the importance of wait time and cost in abortion care decision-making. Our work indicates that…
Johnson, Aiken, & Thompson. Nature. March 2024. Telehealth provision of medication abortion is safe and effective, but ensuring equitable access is challenging in the USA — and further compounded by an upcoming Supreme Court case. READ MORE
Jones. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. February 2024. When state Medicaid funds cover abortion, it substantially reduces the financial burden of care. Moreover, it may increase access for groups historically marginalized within the health care system. READ MORE
McGowan et al. The American Journal of Bio Ethics Jan 31 2024 While the 2022 Supreme Court of the United States decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization may bring the contingent rights of pregnant people to refuse interventions into…
January 2024 – People were less likely to agree that Self-Managed Abortions using abortion pills should be illegal than other forms of Self-Managed Abortions, although over one-fifth were unsure. People were less likely to agree Self-Managed Abortions using abortion pills…
University of Wisconsin Collaborative for Reproductive Equity. January 2024. While most people who obtain abortions in the U.S. are in their 20s and 30s,1 people under the age of 18 also seek abortion care, including in Wisconsin. Such was the case…
Sandberg. Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy. Jan. 21, 2024. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization took the unprecedented step of revoking a constitutional right that citizens had relied upon for half a century. The opinion created a legal chaos with no…
Norwood and Carr. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy. Jan. 25, 2024 This study examines Reproductive Justice (RJ) for Black women in Cincinnati. While recognizing the importance of ensuring safe, legal, and affordable abortion access, RJ extends beyond this narrow…