Incidence of induced abortion among commercially insured pregnant patients with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to characterize pregnancy outcomes and the incidence of induced abortion among pregnant people with a diagnosis of malignancy.

Study design

We conducted a retrospective cohort study among privately insured people aged 12 to 55 years from the fourth quarter of 2015-2020 using US claims data from Merative MarketScan Research Databases. We included pregnancies from seven states with favorable policies for private insurance coverage of abortion.

Results

There were 1471 of 183,685 (0.8%) pregnancies with a cancer diagnosis. Among those receiving anticancer therapy, 21.6% (95% CI: 14.4-30.4%) underwent induced abortion compared with 10.9% (95% CI: 10.8-11.1%) of pregnant patients without a cancer diagnosis.

Conclusions

Abortion restriction

SUBMITTER: Swartz JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11365771 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature