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Whether homicide trajectories differed across state abortion policy environments after the COVID-19 surge and the\n Dobbs v Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/jats:italic>\n (hereinafter,\n Dobbs<\/jats:italic>\n ) decision is unclear.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objectives<\/jats:title>\n To characterize national homicide trends among women of reproductive age and assess whether post-2022 trajectories in homicide mortality among women of reproductive age diverged between states with and without sustained abortion bans.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This quasi-experimental study used national interrupted time series and comparative interrupted time series analyses of homicide mortality from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2024, among women of reproductive age.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposure<\/jats:title>\n \n The COVID-19 pandemic and sustained state abortion bans after\n Dobbs<\/jats:italic>\n .\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n \n The main outcome was monthly homicide deaths. The population-offset Poisson model estimated differential post-\n Dobbs<\/jats:italic>\n changes in homicide rates. Absolute rate differences, excess deaths, and years of life lost were estimated from fitted and counterfactual Poisson models. States with sustained total or near-total abortion bans after\n Dobbs<\/jats:italic>\n were compared with states without such bans; states with partial or legally fluid restrictions were excluded. A triple-difference analysis comparing those aged 15 to 29 years with those aged 45 to 59 years served as a negative-control analysis.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The analysis included 19\u202f118 homicide deaths among women of reproductive age. Nationally, homicide increased sharply during the COVID-19 surge and subsequently decreased, with no clear national level or slope change beginning in July 2022. In policy-stratified analyses, however, homicide trajectories diverged. After July 2022, the exposed states (those with total or near-total abortion bans) vs unexposed states homicide monthly rate ratio (RR) was 1.006 (95% CI, 1.000-1.011;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.03). Across calendar years 2023 and 2024, the fitted homicide rate in exposed states was higher than the modeled counterfactual (2023: RR, 1.07; 95% bootstrap interval, 1.01-1.13; and 2024: RR, 1.15; 95% bootstrap interval, 1.03-1.29). This corresponded to an estimated 48 excess deaths (95% bootstrap interval, 11-81) in 2023 and 87 excess deaths (95% bootstrap interval, 20-149) in 2024. A triple-difference model indicated greater post-\n Dobbs<\/jats:italic>\n divergence among those aged 15 to 29 years than those aged 45 to 59 years (monthly ratio of RRs, 1.017; 95% CI, 1.000-1.034;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.046); placebo\n Dobbs<\/jats:italic>\n dates yielded nonsignificant results.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this study, national homicide mortality rates among women of reproductive age returned toward prepandemic levels after COVID-19, but post-2022 trajectories diverged across state abortion policy environments. 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