Complex situations: Economic insecurity, mental health, and substance use among pregnant women who consider - but do not have - abortions.

ABSTRACT: We examine characteristics and experiences of women who considered, but did not have, an abortion for this pregnancy. Participants were recruited at prenatal care clinics in Louisiana and Maryland for a mixed-methods study (N = 589). On self-administered surveys and structured interviews, participants were asked if they had considered abortion for this pregnancy and, if so, reasons they did not obtain one. A subset (n = 83), including participants who considered abortion for this pregnancy, completed in-depth phone interviews. Multivariable logistic regression analyses examined characteristics associated with having considered abortion and experiencing a policy-related barrier to having an abortion; analyses focused on economic insecurity and of mental health/substance use as main predicto

SUBMITTER: Roberts SCM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6961826 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature