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The Next Infodemic: Abortion Misinformation.
Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Experiences and self-reported outcomes of abortion care in Sub-Saharan countries: a mixed methods systematic review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Abortion Experiences and Perspectives Amongst Migrants and Refugees: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Investigating the Impact of Online Abortion Myths on Health Care Providers and Advocates: Interview Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Modeling infodemics on a global scale: A 30 countries study using epidemiological and social listening data.PNAS nexus · 2026Article
- 'Come on, Give Me the Pills Now': A Narrative Analysis of Reproductive Agency in Self-Managed Abortion in Argentina.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Risk Communication and Infodemic Misframing inMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Impacts of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Misinformation in Digital Spaces on Human Rights Protection and Promotion: Scoping Review.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
- Exploring the Motivations and the Concerns Behind Self-Managed Medication Abortion Done by Purchasing Medication Online: Qualitative Interview Study With US Abortion Seekers Post-Roe.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Effects of theSexual and reproductive health matters · 2025Article
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- Increase in 9-1-1 activations for obstetric-related emergencies following the Dobbs decision in the United States.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- People seeking abortion care.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025Article
- Clinical Psychology in the Post-Dobbs Era: Navigating Clinical Practice, Research, and Advocacy in a Changing Sexual- and Reproductive-Health Landscape.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025Article
- Have Others Had This Experience? A Qualitative Analysis of Posts on Self-Managed Abortion to US-Based Reddit Community.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2025Article
- Infodemic Versus Viral Information Spread: Key Differences and Open Challenges.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
- A Health Professional Mentorship Platform to Improve Equitable Access to Abortion: Development, Usability, and Content Evaluation.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Public Understanding of Risk and Benefit of Mifepristone: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Enhancing young people's pregnancy loss and fertility awareness and knowledge via schools: a way forward.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Changes in Reproductive Health Information-Seeking Behaviors After the Dobbs Decision: Systematic Search of the Wikimedia Database.JMIR infodemiology · 2024Article
- Abortion access barriers shared in "r/abortion" afterSexual and reproductive health matters · 2024Article
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Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an infodemic as the proliferation of false or misleading information that leads to confusion, mistrust in health authorities, and the rejection of public health recommendations. The devastating impacts of an infodemic on public health were felt during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are now on the precipice of another infodemic, this one regarding abortion. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization resulted in the reversal of Roe v. Wade, which had protected a woman's right to have an abortion for nearly 50 years. The reversal of Roe v. Wade has given way to an abortion infodemic that is being exacerbated by a confusing and rapidly changing legislative landscape, the proliferation of abortion disinformants on the web, lax efforts by social media companies to abate abortion misinformation, and proposed legislation that threatens to prohibit the distribution of evidence-based abortion information. The abortion infodemic threatens to worsen the detrimental effects of the Roe v. Wade reversal on maternal morbidity and mortality. It also comes with unique barriers to traditional abatement efforts. In this piece, we lay out these challenges and urgently call for a public health research agenda on the abortion infodemic to stimulate the development of evidence-based public health efforts to mitigate the impact of misinformation on the increased maternal morbidity and mortality that is expected to result from abortion restrictions, particularly among marginalized populations.
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