Abortion

Tubal sterilizations increased by 70% and vasectomies rose by 95% among young adults during the initial months after the release of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis of national claims data.

OB/GYN enrollments in states with abortion bans did not change in the 2 years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, according to an analysis of Medicare data from July 2017 to June 2024..

In the 2 years after the Dobbs decision, initial or existing enrollments of OB/GYNs did not significantly change, but fewer OB/GYNs enrolled in states with abortion bans since 2017, according to findings published in Health Affairs Scholar.

Policymakers should implement increased regulation of nonprofit pregnancy centers, which may offer harmful or unsafe treatments or spread misinformation, according to researchers.

The Affordable Care Act’s elimination of contraception cost sharing led to increased contraception use, especially for long-acting reversible methods, and lower pregnancy and abortion rates, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The number and rate of reported abortions decreased in the U.S. while abortion ratios increased from 2013 to 2022, according to surveillance data published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Most nonprofit crisis pregnancy centers in the U.S. advertise medical services such as abortion education and sexually transmitted infection testing but also abortion pill reversal, an unproven and potentially harmful treatment, data show.

WISDOM, a research study comparing annual mammography with a personalized approach to screening based on individual risk factors, is currently underway and enrolling women in the U.S. aged 30 to 74 years without a history of breast cancer.

Women who traveled out of state for abortion care were more likely to incur catastrophic health expenditures, which were associated with increased symptoms of anxiety and depression, survey data show.

Medication abortion administered before a pregnancy can be confirmed via ultrasound is as effective as treatment that is delayed until a pregnancy is confirmed, researchers reported.