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JAMA Study Finds Abortion Bans Reduce Miscarriage Treatment Options
The first national study found a 2.2-point drop in miscarriage medication use and a 13.8-point rise in misoprostol-only treatment in ban states.
- A new study published Monday in JAMA reveals that abortion bans reduce access to quality miscarriage care, tracking 123,598 patient cases between 2018 and 2024.
- In 14 states with trigger bans, patients experienced a 2.8 percentage point increase in expectant management and a 2.2 percentage point decrease in medication management compared to 17 comparison states.
- Patients in ban states were 13.8 percentage points more likely to receive less-effective misoprostol-only regimens rather than the evidence-based mifepristone-misoprostol combination, according to Maria Rodriguez, MD, MPH, of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.
- Rodriguez stated, "We cannot silo abortion care from pregnancy care," noting direct clinical implications, while Daniel Grossman, MD, of the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at the University of California San Francisco, called the findings "concerning."
- Anti-Abortion activists continue pressing the Trump administration for further mifepristone restrictions as states like Oklahoma and Louisiana enact stricter laws. On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked one lower court order, though other legal challenges persist.
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Abortion bans are restricting miscarriage care, new study finds
Across the country, abortion bans appear to have made it harder for people experiencing miscarriages to receive appropriate treatment — or even receive treatment at all — a new study suggests. The study is the first national look at the connection between abortion bans and miscarriage care. “Pregnancy care is a continuum,” said Dr. Maria Rodriguez, an OBGYN and professor at Oregon Health and Science University, and the study’s lead author. “If …
Trigger Abortion Bans Linked to Delayed, Less Effective Miscarriage Care
(MedPage Today) -- State-level abortion bans enacted after Roe v. Wade was overturned were associated with a shift in management of spontaneous abortion away from evidence-based care, a retrospective cross-sectional study found. A difference-in...
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