After the Fall of Roe v. Wade, States With Abortion Bans Saw Steep Declines in Birth Control and Emergency Contraception Prescriptions
’s reversal, states restricting abortion saw steep declines in prescriptions for contraceptives—precisely where women need birth control the most.was followed by steep declines in prescriptions for birth control pills and emergency contraception in states where abortion is banned.
The antiabortion movement has worked for years to blur the line between emergency contraception and abortion pills. Declines in emergency contraception prescriptions filled were greatest in the most restrictive states that had closed a larger share of their family-planning clinics.
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