Tens of thousands of women who are not pregnant are ordering abortion pills just in case they might need them someday, especially in states where access is threatened, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Since then, it has received over 42,000 requests, averaging 118 per day, said Dr. Abigail Aiken, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author of the study.
Advance provision requesters were more likely than those already pregnant to be 30 or older, white and childless, and to live in urban neighborhoods with lower poverty rates than the national average.
That might be partly because Aid Access offers free or reduced-price services to pregnant patients who need financial assistance, while advance provision requesters were expected to pay the full $110 cost, Dr. Aiken said.
Dr. Aiken said a subset of advance provision requesters — 937 women, two-thirds of them in states with abortion bans or restrictions — answered follow-up questions.
Abortion rights supporters say prescribing it in case of future need, like antibiotics for traveler’s diarrhea, increases access and underscores that the pills are safe, as many studies show.
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Tens of thousands of women who are not pregnant are ordering abortion pills just in case they might need them someday, especially in states where access is threatened, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Since then, it has received over 42,000 requests, averaging 118 per day, said Dr. Abigail Aiken, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a co-author of the study.
Advance provision requesters were more likely than those already pregnant to be 30 or older, white and childless, and to live in urban neighborhoods with lower poverty rates than the national average.
That might be partly because Aid Access offers free or reduced-price services to pregnant patients who need financial assistance, while advance provision requesters were expected to pay the full $110 cost, Dr. Aiken said.
Dr. Aiken said a subset of advance provision requesters — 937 women, two-thirds of them in states with abortion bans or restrictions — answered follow-up questions.
Abortion rights supporters say prescribing it in case of future need, like antibiotics for traveler’s diarrhea, increases access and underscores that the pills are safe, as many studies show.
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