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ArticleHealth affairs scholar2026

Over-the-counter emergency contraceptive sales before and after

Alice Abernathy, Brandon Wagner, Kelly Cleland

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Article in Health affairs scholar, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alice AbernathyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0767-8984
Brandon WagnerDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1023-4762
Kelly ClelandAmerican Society for Emergency Contraception, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, United States.

Funding

WOMENS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENTK12HD001265 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Elizabeth A Howell · 1998 to 2026
$7.5M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD001265
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The US Supreme Court ruling in Methods: We conducted a nationwide retrospective cohort study of over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraceptive (EC) sales from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2022, comparing states that enacted a total or 6-week abortion ban after Results: In 2022, approximately 14.8 million units of EC were sold OTC, equivalent to 228 units per 1000 individuals at risk of pregnancy. Following Conclusion: Future work is needed to understand how individuals adapt their reproductive health care decisions, including use of emergency contraception, under restrictive abortion policies.

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abortion accessdifference in differencesDobbsemergency contraceptionreproductive health

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PMID42440810
PMCPMC13334089

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