Travel Time and Costs for Abortion for Military Service Members After the Dobbs Decision

Benjamin Rader; Yulin Hswen; Neil K R Sehgal; John S Brownstein

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.22418

Travel Time and Costs for Abortion for Military Service Members After the Dobbs Decision

JAMA. 2024 Jan 2;331(1):75-77. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.22418.

Authors

Benjamin Rader¹, Yulin Hswen², Neil K R Sehgal¹, John S Brownstein¹

Affiliations

¹ Computational Epidemiology Lab, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study quantifies the change in travel times for military service personnel to abortion facilities following the US Supreme Court Dobbs decision and estimates the cost of an abortion-related travel reimbursement policy.

MeSH terms

Abortion, Induced* / economics
Abortion, Induced* / legislation & jurisprudence
Abortion, Legal* / economics
Abortion, Legal* / legislation & jurisprudence
Female
Humans
Military Personnel* / legislation & jurisprudence
Pregnancy
Supreme Court Decisions*
Time Factors
Travel* / economics
Travel* / legislation & jurisprudence
United States