Requests for abortion pills soar after Roe reversal, study finds

Over the course of the study, Aid Access received more than 42,000 requests for abortion pills from residents in the 30 states. During the initial period of the study, from September 2021 to this May, the nonprofit received an average of about 83 requests a day. After the draft was leaked, between May and June 23, those average number of daily requests increased to about 137. After the Supreme Court released its opinion on June 24, the average daily requests jumped to nearly 214.

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The study found that the five states with the largest increases in the number of requests per week per 100,000 women were those that enacted total abortion bans: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

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