Shining the light on abortion: Drivers of online abortion searches across the United States in 2018.

ABSTRACT: CONTEXT:Legal abortion restrictions, stigma and fear can inhibit people's voices in clinical and social settings posing barriers to decision-making and abortion care. The internet allows individuals to make informed decisions privately. We explored what state-level policy dimensions were associated with volume of Google searches on abortion and on the abortion pill in 2018. METHODS:We used Google Trends to quantify the relative search volume (RSV) for "abortion" and "abortion pill" (or "abortion pills" hereafter referred to as "abortion pill") as a proportion of total search volume for all queries in each US state. We also identified the top search queries most related to "abortion" and "abortion pill" and considered these as indicators of population concern. Key exposures were healthcare

SUBMITTER: Guendelman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7241764 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature