Violence is a population health problem. Violence is tragically common, with women and girls experiencing the majority of fatal and non-fatal violent victimization. The risk of injury and death in a given violent act increases with the use of firearms. One potential cause of violence is abortion-restriction policies. Preliminary research has found that pregnant people turned away from an abortion were more likely to stay in a violent relationship. However, there is limited research examining the impacts of the 2022 Dobbs US Supreme Court decision, and the consequent abortion restrictions, on violence. Further, pregnancy is a critical time point for violence intervention since pregnancy is associated with both the initiation of intimate partner violence (IPV) as well as increases in severity of ongoing IPV and also with increased connection to the healthcare system/providers given prenatal care. Our team proposes to assess the relationship between post-Dobbs state-specific abortion bans and injuries due to IPV and child maltreatment (CM) (firearm- and non-firearm-related, separately). We will examine how the state-specific “trigger laws” banning abortion following the Dobbs decision impacted IPV and CM, by firearm-related status, in selected states in the US. We will conduct a controlled interrupted time series study with synthetic controls, a quasi-experimental methodology. This project will be the first step in investing resources to better understand the overall impacts of widespread abortion restrictions on various forms of violence, laying down the foundation for science-based decision-making and driving future research.