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After Roe v. Wade: dwindling US abortion access is harming health a year later

Researchers are monitoring the consequences of the Supreme Court abolishing the right to an abortion.
  1. Mariana Lenharo
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The US Supreme Court’s decision one year ago to revoke the right to an abortion has begun to take a toll on women’s health in the United States, say researchers who have been monitoring the effects of the ruling. Although it is too soon to measure the full impact, a grim picture has begun to emerge.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02083-w

Editor’s note: Nature recognizes that transgender men and non-binary people might become pregnant and seek abortion care. We use ‘women’ in this story to reflect how participants are reported in the studies we cite.

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