Caller Volume and Gestational Length at an Abortion Fund After Dobbs.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Since the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, state legislatures have enacted laws severely restricting abortion. Facility case studies have reported post-Dobbs increases in patient volume and gestational length at abortion.

Objective

To understand changes from before to after the Dobbs decision in the overall volume of callers and gestational length of their pregnancies at a large, regional abortion fund.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from monthly caller records (June 2016-June 2024) from the District of Columbia Abortion Fund (DCAF) using interrupted time series analyses with segmented regression. DCAF serves the Washington, DC, area, which is unique in its absence of gesta

SUBMITTER: Kimport K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12676352 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature