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16% of All Abortions Occur Via Telehealth as Restrictions Tighten

February 29, 2024 - In the post-Dobbs era, telehealth has become a vital abortion care resource, with telehealth abortions accounting for 16 percent of all abortion care nationwide, according to a new #WeCount report. Released by the Society of Family Planning, the report tracks changes in abortion volume nationally and by state before and after the Supreme Court...

Primary Care Offers Safe, Positive Telehealth Abortions, Patients Say

January 26, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

Primary care settings provided safe, acceptable, and positive telehealth medication abortion experiences for patients, new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine shows. Conducted by...

Women Used Telehealth to Stock up on Abortion Drugs Post-Dobbs Leak

January 03, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

Advance ordering of abortion medications via telehealth peaked after the leak of the Supreme Court ruling against the constitutional right to abortion, new research shows. Published in JAMA Internal...

NYC Public Health System Launches Virtual Abortion Access

October 04, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

NYC Health + Hospitals launched a telehealth abortion service, becoming the first public health system in the United States to offer one. The service, available through Virtual ExpressCare, aims to...

Multiracial Individuals More Likely to Use Telehealth Abortion Services

September 11, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Individuals who reported being multiracial were more likely to use telehealth to obtain medication abortion services than their White peers, according to new research published in JAMA Network...

Telehealth Provides Effective Option for Abortion Care

July 13, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Upon review of numerous research articles, a study found that telehealth increased access to abortion care throughout the US and was as effective as in-person abortion services while limiting the need...