TABLE 3—
Specific Types of Barriers and Preferences Reported by Those Requesting Abortion Medications From Women on Web (WoW), by State Policy Context: United States, October 15, 2017–August 15, 2018
| State Policy Environment |
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| Reasons for Requesting Abortion Medications From WoW | Hostile States (n = 3750), No. (%) | Supportive States (n = 1217), No. (%) | P |
| Barriers | |||
| Cost of clinic abortion | 2667 (71.1) | 765 (62.9) | < .001 |
| Need to keep abortion secret | 1484 (39.6) | 526 (43.2) | .03 |
| Time off work or school | 1290 (34.4) | 395 (32.5) | .23 |
| Distance to clinic | 1089 (29.0) | 255 (21.0) | < .001 |
| State laws (e.g., waiting period) | 678 (18.1) | 172 (14.1) | < .001 |
| Perceived abortion stigma | 595 (15.9) | 221 (18.2) | .07 |
| Difficulty finding childcare | 558 (14.9) | 155 (12.7) | .07 |
| Protestor harassment | 548 (14.6) | 140 (11.5) | .01 |
| Intimate partner violence | 150 (4.0) | 39 (3.2) | .24 |
| Preferences | |||
| Privacy of home environment | 1847 (49.3) | 590 (48.5) | .66 |
| Comfort of home | 1762 (47.0) | 542 (44.5) | .14 |
| Feeling of autonomy | 1571 (41.9) | 532 (43.7) | .28 |
| Ability to have others present | 948 (25.3) | 314 (25.8) | .74 |
| Feeling of empowerment | 406 (10.8) | 156 (12.8) | .06 |
Note. Participant size was n = 4967. Hostile states were AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA,MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV. Supportive states were AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, ME, MD, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, VT, WA, WY.