Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Family Physicians (FPs) by Abortion Provision Pre- and Post-Dobbs.
Pre-DobbsPost-Dobbs
Provides Abortion Provides Abortion
No Yes All P-Value No Yes All P-Value
Total 31,15539831,55328,13241228,544
State Restrictions Abortion Legal 21,134 (67.8%)347 (87.2%)21,481 (68.1%)<0.000118,709 (66.5%)376 (91.3%)19,085 (66.9%)<0.0001
Most Restrictive 10,021 (32.2%)51 (12.8%)10,072 (31.9%)9,423 (33.5%)36 (8.7%)9,459 (33.1%)
Age Category <40 8,450 (27.1%)244 (61.3%)8,694 (27.6%)<0.00016,136 (21.8%)198 (48.1%)6,334 (22.2%)<0.0001
40-49 8,464 (27.2%)74 (18.6%)8,538 (27.1%)7,144 (25.4%)117 (28.4%)7,261 (25.4%)
50-59 8,083 (25.9%)52 (13.1%)8,135 (25.8%)8,036 (28.6%)62 (15.0%)8,098 (28.4%)
60+ 6,158 (19.8%)28 (7.0%)6,186 (19.6%)6,816 (24.2%)35 (8.5%)6,851 (24.0%)
Gender Female 14,345 (46.0%)283 (71.1%)14,628 (46.4%)<0.000113,172 (46.8%)301 (73.1%)13,473 (47.2%)<0.0001
Male 16,736 (53.7%)109 (27.4%)16,845 (53.4%)14,888 (52.9%)105 (25.5%)14,993 (52.5%)
Non-binary 16 (0.1%)5 (1.3%)21 (0.1%)12 (0.0%)4 (1.0%)16 (0.1%)
Prefer not to answer 54 (0.2%)1 (0.3%)55 (0.2%)54 (0.2%)2 (0.5%)56 (0.2%)
Prefer to self-describe 4 (0.0%)4 (0.0%)6 (0.0%)6 (0.0%)
Under-Represented in Medicine Not URiM 26,206 (85.4%)341 (86.3%)26,547 (85.4%)0.59523,169 (83.4%)348 (85.5%)23,517 (83.4%)0.2601
URiM 4,488 (14.6%)54 (13.7%)4,542 (14.6%)4,607 (16.6%)59 (14.5%)4,666 (16.6%)
Degree Type DO 3,985 (12.8%)31 (7.8%)4,016 (12.7%)0.00373,868 (13.7%)40 (9.7%)3,908 (13.7%)0.0206
MD 27, 170 (87.2%)367 (92.2%)27,537 (87.3%)24,264 (86.3%)372 (90.3%)24,636 (86.3%)
Degree Nationality USMG 24,388 (79.2%)331 (83.6%)24,719 (79.2%)0.036520,840 (75.1%)350 (85.4%)21,190 (75.3%)<0.0001
IMG 6,414 (20.8%)65 (16.4%)6,479 (29.8%6,903 (24.9%)60 (14.6%)6,963 (24.7%)
Rurality Isolated 755 (2.4%)10 (2.5%)765 (2.4%)0.2155702 (2.5%)5 (1.2%)707 (2.5%)0.0682
Small Rural 1,780 (5.7%)15 (3.8%)1,795 (5.7%)1,591 (5.7%)18 (4.4%)1,609 (5.6%)
Large Rural 2,906 (9.3%)30 (7.5%)2,936 (9.3%)2,539 (9.0%)28 (6.8%)2,567 (9.0%)
Urban 25,696 (82.5%)343 (86.2%)26,039 (82.6%)23,288 (82.8%)361 (87.6%)23,649 (82.9%)

Abbreviations: International Medical Graduate (IMG), Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM), US Medical Graduates (USMGs)

Data was collected from the National Graduate Survey (NGS) and Practice Demographic Survey (PDS) during board certification from 2019 - June 24, 2022 and June 25, 2022 - 2024, representing a national sample of family physicians.