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Learn more about the research behind these abortion facts:
- One in Four US Women Expected to Have an Abortion in Their Lifetime. Analysis from the Guttmacher Institute’s Abortion Patient Survey.
- The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
- Abortion can be medically necessary. Statement from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
- The Turnaway Study. Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health’s groundbreaking study on the mental health, physical health, and socioeconomic consequence of carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term compared to having a wanted abortion.
- Are Abortion Pills Safe? Here’s the Evidence. The New York Times reviews more than 100 scientific studies on the effectiveness and safety of mifepristone and misoprostol.
- Telehealth medication abortion is just as safe and effective as in-person care. Research from the California Home Abortion by Telehealth (CHAT) Study.
- How post-Roe laws are obstructing clinical care. A new ANSIRH report shows how healthcare providers have been unable to provide the standard of care in states with abortion bans.
- Why do women decide to get third-trimester abortions? Research exploring the paths of cisgender women who obtained an abortion after the 24th week of pregnancy.
- Later Abortion Initiative. Fact sheets, research, and more from Ibis Reproductive Health.
- Abortions Later in Pregnancy in a Post-Dobbs Era. Analysis from KFF.
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