YouTube will remove posts and ads promoting unsafe abortion methods and false claims.
The social media platform said it would ban such content under its medical misinformation policies.
After the fall of Roe last month, people turned to social media for online abortion resources.
YouTube said on Thursday it will ramp up efforts to remove false claims about abortion safety as well as instructions on unsafe abortion methods from the platform following the fall of Roe v. Wade.
In a statement on Twitter, the social media platform said it would ban such content under its medical misinformation policies.
"Like all of our policies on health/medical topics, we rely on published guidance from health authorities," YouTube said in the statement. "We prioritize connecting people to content from authoritative sources on health topics, and we continuously review our policies & products as real world events unfold."
Last month, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 ruling that granted women the constitutional right to an abortion, prompting people to turn to social media in search of online abortion resources in the wake of the decision.
Though YouTube has pledged to ban content on unsafe abortion methods, The Associated Press and Vice found that Facebook and Instagram suppressed posts about abortion pills immediately after abortion rights were gutted last month.
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