Figure. Requests for Self-managed Medication Abortion: Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision.
Weekly requests by state for medication abortion over 3 periods, stratified by state-level abortion policy after the Dobbs decision. “Leak” indicates the unofficial, publicly shared draft of the majority Supreme Court opinion. Per-capita rates were calculated as weekly average requests per 100 000 female residents aged 15 to 44 years. Time periods: before leak, September 1, 2021, to May 1, 2022; after leak, May 2 to June 23, 2022; after decision, June 24 to August 31, 2022.