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Table 3 Types of abortion-related activities in state and local health departments, by category

From: Approaches, barriers, and facilitators to abortion-related work in U.S. health departments: perspectives of maternal and child health and family planning professionals

Health Department Type

Number of Respondents

Category 1: Executing mandated abortion activities as prescribed

Category 2: Bringing a public health approach to mandated activities

Category 3: Initiating public health approaches without mandate

No Abortion-Related Activities

State

12

11

5

2

1

Local

10

4

0

8

0