Restrictive abortion legislation and adverse mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the impact of abortion legislation on mental health during pregnancy and postpartum and assess whether pregnancy intention mediates associations.

Methods

We quantified associations between restrictive abortion laws and stress, depression symptoms during and after pregnancy, and depression diagnoses after pregnancy using longitudinal data from Nurses' Health Study 3 in 2010-2017 (4091 participants, 4988 pregnancies) using structural equation models with repeated measures, controlling for sociodemographics, prior depression, state economic and sociopolitical measures (unemployment rate, gender wage gap, Gini index, percentage of state legislatures who are women, Democratic governor).

Results

Restrictive abortion legislation was associated with unint

SUBMITTER: McKetta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10983835 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature