Campus researchers find disinformation on medication abortion webpages
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UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers developed a way to assess medication abortion webpage accuracy and found that four out of the five top “abortion pill” query results on Google were less than 50% accurate.
Last Updated January 27, 2021
UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers found that four out of the five most presented webpages in response to “abortion pill” queries on Google were less than 50% accurate, in a study published Thursday.
Of the top five most presented webpages, three were anti-abortion, according to lead researcher and first-year doctoral student Betsy Pleasants. She added that these anti-abortion webpages American Pregnancy Association, Abortion Pill Rescue and Abortion Procedures had “very limited” factual and clinical information and are covertly affiliated with religious organizations.
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