Consideration of and Reasons for Not Obtaining Abortion Among Women Entering Prenatal Care in Southern Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland
| العنوان: | Consideration of and Reasons for Not Obtaining Abortion Among Women Entering Prenatal Care in Southern Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland |
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| المؤلفون: | Jennifer Holl, Sarah C. M. Roberts, Rebecca M. Kriz, Katrina Mark, Valerie Williams, Katrina Kimport |
| المصدر: | Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 16:476-487 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Pregnancy, 030505 public health, Health (social science), Sociology and Political Science, business.industry, education, 05 social sciences, 050109 social psychology, Prenatal care, Abortion, medicine.disease, Gender Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Sexual behavior, Prenatal visit, Family medicine, embryonic structures, Structured interview, medicine, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, 0305 other medical science, business, reproductive and urinary physiology |
| الوصف: | Most research about experiences considering and seeking abortion comes from women presenting at abortion clinics. This study examines experiences among women presenting at prenatal care. Five hundred eighty-nine women were recruited at their first prenatal visit in Southern Louisiana and Baltimore, Maryland. Participants completed self-administered iPad surveys and in-clinic structured interviews. Participants were asked if they had considered abortion for this pregnancy and, if so, reasons they did not obtain one. Twenty-eight percent of Louisiana and 34% of Maryland participants had considered abortion. Ten percent in Louisiana and 13% in Maryland had called an abortion clinic; 2% in Louisiana and 3% in Maryland had visited an abortion clinic. The most common reason for not having an abortion related to women’s own decision-making, i.e. their personal preferences. Policy-related reasons were less common; but more participants who had considered abortion in Louisiana than Maryland reported a policy-related reason (primarily lack of funding for the abortion) as a reason (22% Louisiana, 2% Maryland, p |
| تدمد: | 1553-6610 1868-9884 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13178-018-0359-4 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::65831a71774e0aec97b70591286862e4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-018-0359-4 |
| Rights: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........65831a71774e0aec97b70591286862e4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15536610 18689884 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s13178-018-0359-4 |