Objectives: To assess access to abortion pills offered by clinics providing state-funded family planning services in California.
Methods: We attempted to make two scripted calls to a 20% random sample of family planning clinics in California, stratified by county, as "secret shoppers" in 2020 and 2021.
Results: Clinic staff responded to 407 calls. Only 50 respondents (12%) reported their clinic offered abortion pills and 23 respondents (6%) accurately indicated to callers that abortion pills were available free to low-income individuals in California. Most (68%) clinics that did not offer abortion pills could not direct callers to a clinic that did offer abortion pills.
Conclusions: Efforts are needed to increase the number of clinics providing medication abortion services in California. Clinic staff need training to provide accurate information about medication abortion.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10997322 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110279 | DOI Listing |
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