Latest NewsConfusion, clinic closures may have caused big declines in contraception use, study shows BarbraJuly 7, 2024 Clinic closures in the wake of the Dobbs decision and questions about the legality of emergency contraceptives, including disinformation that some are abortion drugs, may have contributed to a sharp drop in the rate of prescriptions for contraceptives in states with the most restrictive abortion bans, according to a University of California Los Angeles study. ContraceptionEmergency ContraceptivePost-DobbsUnited States