Abortion access barriers shared in “r/abortion” after Roe: a qualitative analysis of a Reddit community post-Dobbs decision leak in 2022
Elizabeth Pleasants, Karen Weidert, Lindsay Parham, Emma Anderson, Eliza Dolgins, Coye Cheshire, Cassondra Marshall, Ndola Prata, Ushma Upadhyay · 2024
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Pleasants and eight co-authors present a study from twenty twenty-four on abortion access barriers shared on Reddit after a court leak. The twenty twenty-two leak and ruling threw United States abortion access into turmoil. The team code posts from a large abortion support community. Their sample spans May to December twenty twenty-two, with over five hundred posts. Coding blends known barrier types with new themes from the posts. State bans, cost, scarce appointments, and long travel dominate the structural barriers. Stigma and thin social support dominate the social ones.
New barriers emerge, like mail medication delays and distrust of online sellers. Legal risk fears also surface as a fresh theme. Harms most often hit mental health and delay care. Some posters self-manage abortion due to blocked access.
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| CREATOR | Elizabeth Pleasants, Karen Weidert, Lindsay Parham, Emma Anderson, Eliza Dolgins, Coye Cheshire, Cassondra Marshall, Ndola Prata, Ushma Upadhyay |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |