
News|Articles|February 20, 2025
Abortion in 2025: Access, Fertility, and Infant Mortality Updates
Author(s)Giuliana Grossi
While Republican state-led efforts aim to increase restrictions to abortion care and access to mifepristone and misoprostol in 2025, JAMA authors join the conversation with their published research and commentary.
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Health care access and equity have recently faced mounting challenges across the US shaped by legislative policies, social determinants, and evolving treatment landscapes—a trend that appears set to accelerate in 2025. Abortion bans in the wake of the Dobbs v Jackson Supreme Court decision in 2022 and the preceding Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8) in 2021 have introduced legal and ethical dilemmas, prompting a nationwide conversation including various perspectives among physicians, authors, and lawmakers.
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