Women have become less likely to get birth control in states that restricted abortion, study finds

Published Wed June 26, 2024 – By Deidre McPhillips, CNN

Women have become less likely to get birth control in states that restricted abortion, study finds

Women in states with the most restrictive abortion laws have also become less likely to access prescription birth control, a new study suggests. In a dozen states that have enacted near-total abortion bans, monthly prescription rates for birth control pills and emergency contraceptives were significantly lower in the second half of 2023 than they were before the US Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion, according to the study published Wednesday in the JAMA Network Open medical journal.