Women's knowledge of their state's abortion regulations. A national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

States vary significantly in their regulation of abortion. Misinformation about abortion is pervasive and propagated by state-mandated scripts that contain abortion myths. We sought to investigate women's knowledge of abortion laws in their state. Our secondary objective was to describe women's ability to discern myths about abortion from facts about abortion.

Study design

This was a cross-sectional study of English- and Spanish-speaking women aged 18-49 in the United States. We enrolled members of the GfK KnowledgePanel, a probability-based, nationally-representative online sample. Our primary outcome was the proportion of correct answers to 12 questions about laws regulating abortion in a respondent's state. We asked five questions about common abortion myths. W

SUBMITTER: Swartz JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7409738 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature