Caller Volume and Gestational Length at an Abortion Fund After

Did call volume and gestational distribution of callers to a large regional abortion fund change after the decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion?This cross-sectional study including using monthly caller data from 43 351 calls from 2016 to 2024 found a decrease in call volume after the decision and an increase in the proportion of callers whose pregnancies were at 13 weeks or later (estimated 22% before vs 32% the month after , reaching a peak of 53% 1 year after .This cross-sectional study found that after there were immediate and lasting changes in the volume and gestational distribution of callers at a large regional abortion fund.

Corresponding Author: Katrina Kimport, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, 1330 Broadway, 11th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 (katrina.kimport@ucsf.edu).

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