Dana M. Johnson, PhD

Data users are encouraged to exercise caution when making comparisons to prior years of data collection and interpreting any differences. The multimode design is very different from the prior FTF-only design, and the COVID-19 pandemic prevented experimental evaluation of the impact of the multimode design on survey estimates. Like other surveys that had to change to a new design due to the disruption of FTF interviewing, changes in estimates from before and after the pandemic are confounded by real changes in the population, measurement differences, and nonresponse, among other possible sources of error (coverage, sampling, and processing). As a result, some estimates may show larger differences from the 2017-2019 NSFG and earlier data compared to those observed between prior data releases .Users are advised to note the design-related changes, particularly with regard to mode, if making statements comparing earlier estimates to those from 2022-2023. Further evaluations, including nonresponse bias analysis, will be included along with the detailed methodology documents listed in the Sample Design section.

Actual text from the 22-23 NSFG User's Guide. They're basically saying DO NOT COMPARE TIME TRENDS ACROSS CYCLES.

Am I the only one who is a little skeptical of the 20-24 numbers given NSFGs response rate drop off?

Last week I spoke with Nina Sun and the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Journal team about some of my disseration research! What true joy.

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A West Virginia prosecutor is warning women that a miscarriage could lead to criminal charges | CNN Amid a constantly changing reproductive landscape, one West Virginia prosecutor is warning people who have miscarriages in his state that they could get in trouble with the law.

ICYMI, Society members Kim Mutcherson, JD and Kristyn Brandi, MD, MPH shared their expertise with CNN in a recent article highlighting the criminalization of miscarriage in West Virginia.

www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/h...

my bestie @murphyanne.bsky.social always reminds me to pay myself first - manifesting this week as we weather another horrific political storm, and somehow still end up doing the good work

Gov. Abbott orders special session on Hill Country flooding, redistricting, THC and unfinished GOP priorities The Republican governor laid out an ambitious agenda that includes an unexpected array of conservative bills that failed during the regular session.

The largely avoidable and utterly tragic aftermath of the Hill Country flooding, plus resurrecting legislation on the THC ban, abortion pills, and beyond 😔

www.texastribune.org/2025/07/09/a...

$1.2 trillion in Medicaid cuts and food stamps

11.8 million Americans uninsured by 2034

This is actually impressively unhinged

They are obsessed with ensuring suffering and death upon the american people

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

A new ProPublica data analysis adds empirical weight to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of miscarriage — which occurs in up to 30% of pregnancies — far more dangerous.

Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors and seniors struggle to get routine care. • Wisconsin Examiner Abortion restrictions have had ripple effects in Idaho and other states where pediatricians, gynecologists and other specialists are leaving

New from @wisconsinexaminer.com on how Dobbs has impacted all obstetric care

"More than 100 hospitals across 26 states have closed labor and delivery services since 2020"

With pending Medicaid cuts & further hospital closures, where will people go?

wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/07/01/r...

Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidates the state's strict 1849 abortion law Women in Wisconsin will continue to have access to abortion services under a new ruling from the state's highest court.

FINALLY!!!
This has been a FIGHT and an important reminder that state supreme court justice races have critical public health implications!

Amazing new for Wisconsinites who need abortion care 💓💓💓💓💓

www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

703 hospitals at risk of closure, state by state - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis "Over 700 rural U.S. hospitals face financial struggles, with more than half at immediate risk of closure. Find out which states are most vulnerable in this ana

If you're an #EmergencyMedicine doctor in these states, COVID 2020 would have been walk in the park:
1. Texas (80 closures, 30 imminent)
2. Kansas (62 closures, 31 imminent)
3. Oklahoma (39 closures, 26 imminent)
4. Mississippi (35 closures, 25 imminent)
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/703-...

Senate Republicans just passed Trump’s bullshit of a bill—and it’s even uglier than before.

— At least 16 million could lose healthcare
— Trillions will be added to the deficit
— Hospitals will close
— Children will go hungry

Now it comes back to the House.

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It is an honor to collaborate with colleagues at @ibisrh.bsky.social @carafem.org @aidaccess.bsky.social
on this research - without these incredibly dedicated researchers and providers - access to any medication abortion regimen would be even more difficult than it is today

Characteristics of people obtaining mifepristone and misoprostol and misoprostol-only telehealth medication abortion services in the United States This study compares the characteristics of people using mifepristone/misoprostol, and misoprostol-only telehealth medication abortion regimens in the United States (US).

2) Focusing on who is using miso-only regimens in the US, out in @contraceptionjl.bsky.social : www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S001... (3/4)

Acceptability of misoprostol-only medication abortion dispensed by mail-order or retail pharmacy: a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews in the United States The WHO recommends two medication abortion regimens, either misoprostol used with mifepristone, or misoprostol-only. Both regimens are recognised as safe and effective, but in the United States (US...

1) Focuses on patient experiences in the US: Acceptability of misoprostol-only medication abortion dispensed by mail-order or retail pharmacy: a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews in the United States (2/4)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As mifepristone continues to be threatened (read: RFK Jr's baseless/insane claims about safety) more folks are considering the role of misoprostol-only medication abortion regimens in the US

Well happy Monday folks because I have *two* new studies out for you: (1/4)

My friend commented on my use of Garamond recently and low key it is because circa 2019 I met @albertsonb2.bsky.social in a coffee shop in Austin and she mentioned it was the most effective font lol

I love getting people's out of office reply - get out of here!! I picture them sailing in Mallorca or hiking them in Alaska and far as hell away from the draft I am already way to late sending them

Let’s be clear that abortion can be effectively banned in this country without Congress passing a law but as a result of multiple moves that make it impossible to access.

The intent of today’s Supreme Court ruling—and of Trump’s budget bill—is to shutter as many abortion clinics as possible

The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women The court's ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood twists logic, common sense, and the law to further the right-wing assault on bodily autonomy.

I was there in Texas when this pernicious process got started. I went down to the legislature to testify with my little fact sheets and my evidence and I have been studying what happened in Texas now for over a decade. We know how this plays out.

Abortion is back at SCOTUS — and this time the case could destroy Medicaid The Supreme Court is considering a case that could strip millions of Medicaid recipients of their right to choose their health care provider, potentially allowing states to dictate health care opti…

You can read more about the devastating public health impacts of this ruling in this op-ed Terri-Ann Thompson and @danamartha.bsky.social wrote for The Hill in April ➡️ thehill.com/opinion/...

So, don't be misled by reports that claim SCOTUS "saved" birthright citizenship... they are missing the point. The Court will likely narrow the circumstances under which universal injunctions may issue, thereby hindering lower courts' ability to rein in the administration. A BIG win for POTUS.

We've discussed this a bunch on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social. SCOTUS's opinion tomorrow will not address the substantive question of whether 14A confers birthright citizenship. It'll address whether and in what circumstances universal injunctions are an appropriate judicial remedy. . . .

From Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent in South Carolina vs. PP South Atlantic:

“The project of stymying one of the country’s great civil rights laws continues.”

PP is the plaintiff but this case was always about so much in addition to repro care

it’s a direct attack on poor folks

Medicaid is a lifeline for folks who are living on low incomes, pregnant, elderly, disabled

I know that this is going to be lost in the roar of big players but there are other clinics with a majority of patients who are Medicaid recipients - and this ruling opens up the avenue for states to refuse to allow us to be approved providers of care. And we have far fewer resources to weather it.

New: SCOTUS *allows* states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers.

Back in April Terri-Ann and I wrote about the public health implications of this ruling - and trust us…they are major

thehill.com/opinion/5235...

SCOTUS this morning with the whiplash - we have a ruling in SC vs. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic