Abortion Restrictions Threaten Miscarriage Management In The United States
Miscarriage and abortion require similar clinical management. Restrictions placed on abortion threaten the quality of miscarriage care, a policy spillover that affects many Americans. We combined vital statistics with life-table parameters to estimate that 1,034,000 miscarriages occur annually, including nearly 400,000 in US states with abortion bans. Attempts to restrict mifepristone access further threaten miscarriage management.
Authors
- Laura Jacques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-8358)
- Jenna Nobles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5175-4265)
- Eliza Bennett
- Sung-Sik Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7241-4667)
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Affairs
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00982
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- National Institutes of Health