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. 2021 Jan 21;16(1):e0240664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240664

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
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.