Teens are driving the demand for online abortion pills via telehealth – new research

Parental involvement laws and the stigma of teen pregnancy create significant barriers for teenagers seeking abortions. These factors are pushing teens to obtain abortion pills online.

By: Dana Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Laura D. Lindberg, Rutgers University, The Conversation

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Published: March 25, 2026

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Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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By Dana Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Laura D. Lindberg, Rutgers University

Teens in the U.S. are obtaining medication abortion pills through telehealth, and young people age 18 to 24 are ordering medication abortion at much higher rates than older adults.

Those are the key findings of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal JAMA Health Forum.

We examined requests for medication made to an online telemedicine service …

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