More US women have tried to induce their own abortion since fall of Roe – report

Roughly 7% of reproductive-aged women have attempted to induce own abortion, up from 5% before fall of Roe

Roughly 7% of women of reproductive age in the US have attempted to induce their own abortions outside the formal healthcare system, a new study has found, up from 5% before Roe v Wade fell in 2022.

The study, published on Tuesday in the Jama medical journal, determined how many people reported ever self-managing" their own abortion in 2021 and again in 2023 - a timeline that allowed researchers to examine how Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, the supreme court case that overturned Roe, has affected self-managed abortions. People of color and LGBTQ+ people were more likely to report having ever attempted to end their own pregnancies.