Patterns in Abortion Use in Ohio and Surrounding States
This project examines changes in Ohioans use of abortion care over time and across geographic regions within Ohio. We also study differences in use of abortion care among underserved groups in Ohio. We focus on changes in abortion utilization in Ohio from 2010 to 2018, a time when lawmakers approved more than 15 new abortion regulations and when the number of procedural abortion clinics in the state dropped from fifteen to eight.
We are drawing on data from the Ohio Department of Health and from clinic records to study changes in abortion rates and ratios, differences between urban and rural areas, the timing of abortion, and methods of abortion care.
Findings
Peer-Reviewed Publication
July 2, 2024
Seeking financial and practical support in an abortion-hostile state: Analysis of abortion fund data in Kentucky, 2014–2021
White Paper
July 2, 2024
An Assessment of Burdens and Challenges to Abortion Seekers Resulting from Ohio’s Waiting Period and Two-Appointment Requirements
Peer-Reviewed Article
March 7, 2023
Kentucky’s abortion landscape, 2010 to 2019: an analysis of pre-Dobbs abortion disparities in a rural, restrictive state
Peer-Reviewed Article
March 7, 2023
Abortion-Related Laws and Concurrent Patterns in Abortion Incidence in Indiana, 2010–2019
News Article
August 8, 2022
New study shows most Ohioans who want an abortion won’t be able to get one under new ban
Media
April 29, 2022
Ohio State University Study Calculates Travel, Cost for Procedure if Ohio Bans Abortion
Media
April 25, 2022
OSU Study: Overturning Roe v. Wade Would Increase Travel Time for Abortion Care
Journal Article
April 20, 2022
How Ohio’s Proposed Abortion Bans Would Impact Travel Distance to Access Abortion Care
Journal Article
March 9, 2022
Abortion Travel Within the United States: An Observational Study of Cross-State Movement to Obtain Abortion Care in 2017
Journal Article
May 29, 2020
Abortion Access in Ohio’s Changing Legislative Context, 2010–2018 (PDF)
Press Release
May 22, 2020
Researchers: As Ohio Abortion Regulations Increased, Disparities in Care Emerged
Team Members
Alison Norris, Co-Principal Investigator of OPEN
Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Division of Infectious Diseases
The Ohio State University
Danielle Bessett, Co-Principal Investigator of OPEN
Professor
Department of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliate
University of Cincinnati
Molly Broscoe
Ph.D. Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Jessica Callahan
Payal Chakraborty, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Bucky Foster, The Ohio State University
Hillary Gyuras
Senior Research Associate
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Sarah Hayford
Professor
Department of Sociology
The Ohio State University
Jessie Hill
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
School of Law
Case Western Reserve University
Robert Hood, Emory University
Lisa Keder, The Ohio State University
Jacob Kepes
MA/Ph.D. Student
Department of Sociology
The Ohio State University
Chasity Knight, The Ohio State University
Kaiting Lang, NJ Department of Health
Michelle McGowan
Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Mayo Clinic
Zoe Muzyczka
Ph.D. Student
Department of Sociology
University of Cincinnati
Carolette Norwood, Howard University
Pragi Patel
Medical Student
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
Mikaela Smith
Research Scientist
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University