Trends in Abortion- and Contraception-Related Internet Searches After the US Supreme Court Overturned Constitutional Abortion Rights: How Much Do State Laws Matter?

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The US Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization on June 24, 2022, revealed immediate and distinct differences between states regarding abortion legality. Whether the ruling was associated with population-level changes in seeking information on reproductive health care-related information is unknown.

Objective

To determine whether the US Supreme Court ruling on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization was associated with increased information seeking for reproductive health care access in the states with immediately effective (trigger and pre-Roe) abortion laws vs other states.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of nationwide real-time internet search data by state-week from January

SUBMITTER: Gupta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148201 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature