The proposed project will track abortion facility operations and appointment availability in the first 12 months following the expected reversal of Roe v. Wade. I will produce and update an online interactive web application—”The Abortion Atlas”—that allows users to explore the shifting landscape of abortion access as measured by travel distances, appointment availability, facilities per ...Read more >

Though it is clear from historical precedent and contemporary practice that individuals will travel for abortion care if state-level abortion restrictions increase, it is unknown what factors will drive choice of state for travel, how people will experience interstate travel, and whether abortion accessibility among travelers will vary according to patient age, gender identity, socioeconomic ...Read more >

With impending SCOTUS decisions that may further limit access, it is crucial to understand how people most vulnerable to a changing legal abortion landscape are impacted. Despite the fragile legislative and judicial future for abortion in the US, the deregulation of medication abortion by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and tele-abortion access has great ...Read more >

Provision of abortion care varies widely among different states due to fragmented federal and state policies. As services become restricted in some states, patients are forced to seek care in other states where abortion access is available. We request the Society of Family Planning research funding to document the impact of Texas’s S.B.8 on abortion ...Read more >

In the United States (US), the legal landscape around abortion access has already created a health equity crisis that stands to worsen in the coming months. As a result of the shifting legal climate and the enforcement of Senate Bill 8 in Texas, activists in Mexico who provide abortion accompaniment have expanded their capacity to ...Read more >

Native-Americans residing in Tribal lands face some of the greatest inequities in abortion access. With increased restrictions on abortions and increased funding for crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), access to family planning care is becoming more precarious. CPCs are anti-abortion organizations aiming to prevent low-income people from accessing abortion and contraception; CPCs may delay abortion care ...Read more >

Limitations on access to abortion in the United States will have specific and differential impacts on adolescents under age 18. Adolescents are more likely than adults to experience unplanned pregnancy and to have pregnancy end in abortion. A federal ruling that overturns or modifies the Roe v. Wade decision will likely result in people traveling ...Read more >

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the popularity of telemedicine rapidly increased, raising questions about its future potential to reshape the way people access healthcare, including reproductive healthcare. However, individuals with language barriers and limited access to technology may not be benefiting as much as others from the expansion of telemedicine. We propose a community engagement project ...Read more >

The COVID-19 pandemic created a unique opportunity to develop strategies to ensure provision of reproductive health services. Telehealth can expand access to care; however, information about the patient experience with telehealth, including mode of technology is limited. Exploring patient satisfaction with contraceptive counseling delivered via two modes of telehealth can provide data that may strengthen ...Read more >

Provision of contraceptive care through telemedicine offers safety advantages during a pandemic by limiting in person contact with the healthcare system. Telemedicine also has the potential to provide a convenient, private way for patients to receive evidence based contraceptive counseling based on the principles of shared decision making. If access to the internet and proper ...Read more >