Abortion Rate

An interrupted time-series analysis showed little change in the rate of abortion-related adverse events and complications in Ontario, Canada, before and after the country lifted prescribing restrictions on mifepristone.

The number of abortions performed in Texas fell nearly 40% the first full month after the state issued an executive order on March 22 that delayed “surgeries and procedures deemed not medically necessary,” researchers wrote.

Although women who have had an abortion have a higher risk for nonfatal suicide attempts, the abortion itself is not the cause, according to results of a longitudinal cohort study published in Lancet Psychiatry.