Understanding abortion legality and trimester of abortion care in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, three abortion‐restrictive states
More than one in five patients presenting for abortion care in three abortion-restrictive states prior to Dobbs erroneously believed that abortion was illegal or were unsure. Understanding of legality was not significantly associated with timing of abortion care. These misunderstandings could escalate under Dobbs.
Authors
- Annamarie L. Beckmeyer
- Danielle Bessett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8743-368X)
- Tamika Odum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7990-7497)
- B. Jessie Hill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-5739)
- Abigail Norris Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2463-6399)
- Katherine Rivlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0454-3534)
- Jeremy Brenner‐Levoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0332-7936)
- Alison H. Norris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1864-9583)
Institutions
- University of Chicago (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/psrh.12284
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09