mHealth Intelligence January 3, 2024
Anuja Vaidya

The number of women ordering abortion medications through telehealth before they were pregnant spiked after the leak of the Supreme Court decision in May 2022.

Advance ordering of abortion medications via telehealth peaked after the leak of the Supreme Court ruling against the constitutional right to abortion, new research shows.

Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the research letter aimed to examine trends in the demand for advance provision of abortion medications after the leak of the Supreme Court decision, as well as the characteristics and motivations of those requesting advance provision.

Advance provision of abortion medications refers to receiving prescriptions of mifepristone and misoprostol before pregnancy occurs. Prior research shows that a majority of women who were not pregnant or...

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