Internet Searches for Abortion Medications Following the Leaked Supreme Court of the United States Draft Ruling

JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Sep 1;182(9):1002-1004. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2998.

Authors

Adam Poliak¹, Nora Satybaldiyeva^{2

3}, Steffanie A Strathdee⁴, Eric C Leas^{2

3}, Ramesh Rao³, Davey Smith⁴, John W Ayers^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
² Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
³ Qualcomm Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates whether internet searches for abortion medications increased following the leak of a draft Supreme Court of the United States ruling that would overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced*
Abortion, Legal
Abortion, Spontaneous*
Epidemiologic Studies
Female
Humans
Internet
Jurisprudence
Pregnancy
Supreme Court Decisions
United States

Grants and funding

T32 MH122376/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States