Table 3. Quality scores by assessment area for top 5 abortion webpages for search term “abortion pill” in the US.
Page rank1 | Webpage | Type of Webpage | Sub-Score: Clinical Information | Sub-Score: Facts | Quality of Information (QI) Score | User Experience (UX) Score | Total Score |
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score out of 6 (percent) | score out of 4 (percent) | score out of 10 (percent) | score out of 11 (percent) | score out of 21 (percent) | |||
1 | https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion/the-abortion-pill | Health services page | 5 (83.3%) | 3 (75.0%) | 8 (80.0%) | 9 (81.8%) | 17 (81.0%) |
2 | http://americanpregnancy.org/unplanned-pregnancy/abortion-pill/ 2 | Health education page | 1 (16.7%) | 2 (50.0%) | 3 (30.0%) | 6 (54.5%) | 10 (42.9%) |
4 | http://www.abortionpillreversal.com/ 2 | Health services page | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | 3 (27.3%) | 4 (19.0%) |
8 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wik5i/Medical_abortion | Non-profit (open source information) page | 1 (16.7%) | 2 (50.0%) | 3 (30.0%) | 6 (54.5%) | 10 (42.9%) |
9 | https://www.abortionprocedures.com/abortion-pill/ 2 | Health education page | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | 0 (—) | 4 (36.4%) | 4 (19.0%) |
1Page rank out of pages presenting educational/information content to users, excluding pages on YouTube and news articles, and pages presenting a sub-page of a page already assessed.
2 Webpages that are anti-abortion, funded by organizations opposed to abortion and seeking to discourage abortion access.