As states ban abortion, demand for birth control, abortion pills is rising

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court said states could ban abortion, health care providers have noticed an increase in interest in birth control, emergency contraception and abortion pills.
45% : In 2020, more than half of the abortions in the United States were medication abortions, according to a report by the Guttmacher Institute, which supports access to abortion.
40% : Abortions are still legal in Tennessee, but the ruling allows the state to effectively ban abortion in the next 30 days.
34% : After Katie Thomas, 42, learned that abortion would soon become illegal in Arkansas, she purchased abortion pills for her 16-year-old daughter.
34% : The study did not assess the motivation of people who received IUDs then, but there were concerns women could lose access to birth control after Trump promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act on the campaign trail.

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