ArticleObstetrics and gynecology2018
Quality of Information Available Online for Abortion Self-Referral.
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- "I'm Pregnant, What Do I Do?": Exploring How People Having Abortions in Britain Find and Use Online Sources of Information.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2025Article
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- The perceived impact of a post-Dobbs landscape on U.S. adolescents and young adults.Contraception · 2024Article
- There's an App for it: A systematic review of mobile apps providing information about abortion using a revised MARS scale.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
- Willing but unable: Physicians' referral knowledge as barriers to abortion care.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- The Problems with Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Reviewing the Literature and Identifying New Directions for Future Research.International journal of women's health · 2022Review
- Pregnancy outcomes after exposure to crisis pregnancy centers among an abortion-seeking sample recruited online.PloS one · 2021Article
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- The Abortion Web Ecosystem: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Trustworthiness and Bias.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Shining the light on abortion: Drivers of online abortion searches across the United States in 2018.PloS one · 2020Article
- Exploring Google Searches for Out-of-Clinic Medication Abortion in the United States During 2020: Infodemiology Approach Using Multiple Samples.JMIR infodemiologyArticle
- Comparing Website Identification for Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Abortion Clinics.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the quality of information available online for abortion self-referral and to determine whether quality varies by region or distance to an abortion provider.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study. We used a standard protocol to perform internet searches from August 2016 to June 2017 for abortion services in the 25 most populous U.S. cities and the 43 state capitals that were not one of the 25 most populous cities. We classified the first 10 webpage results and the first five map results and advertisements as facilitating abortion referral (local independent abortion provider, local Planned Parenthood facility, national abortion provider or organization, prochoice website, or abortion directory), not facilitating abortion referral (nonproviding physician office, nonmedical website, abortion provider greater than 50 miles from the location, news article, general directory, other), or hindering abortion referral (crisis pregnancy center or antichoice website). We used U.S. Census Bureau subregions to examine geographic differences. We made comparisons using a χ test.
resultsOverall, from 612 searches from 68 cities, 52.9% of webpage results, 67.3% of map results, and 34.4% of advertisements facilitated abortion referral, whereas 12.9%, 21.7%, and 29.9%, respectively, hindered abortion referral. The content of the searches differed significantly based on U.S. Census Bureau subregion (all P≤.001) and distance to an abortion provider (all P≤.02).
conclusionTwo thirds of map results facilitated abortion self-referral, whereas only half of webpage results did so. Advertisements were the least likely to facilitate and the most likely to hinder self-referral. Quality was lowest in areas that were farthest from abortion providers.
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