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. 2022 Sep 1;182(9):1002-1004.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.2998.

Internet Searches for Abortion Medications Following the Leaked Supreme Court of the United States Draft Ruling

Adam Poliak  1 , Nora Satybaldiyeva  2   3 , Steffanie A Strathdee  4 , Eric C Leas  2   3 , Ramesh Rao  3 , Davey Smith  4 , John W Ayers  3   4
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Internet Searches for Abortion Medications Following the Leaked Supreme Court of the United States Draft Ruling

Adam Poliak et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates whether internet searches for abortion medications increased following the leak of a draft Supreme Court of the United States ruling that would overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Strathdee reported grants from University of California Office of the President OS17-SD-001 during the conduct of the study. Dr Leas reported personal fees from Good Analytics outside the submitted work. Dr Smith reported grants from NIH/NIAID; consulting for Bayer Healthcare and Kiadis; and an equity stake in Linear Therapies, Model Medicines, Vx Biosciences and FluxErgy. Dr Ayers reported an equity stake in Good Analytics and HealthWatcher. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Internet Searches for Abortion Medications
Abortion medication searches included all queries mentioning abortion pill, mifepristone, mifeprex, misoprostol, or cytotec. The vertical line corresponds to the week (A) (May 1-8, 2022) or whole hour (B) (9 pm EST May 2, 2022) of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) draft opinion leak. RSV indicates relative search volumes.
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