Sexual Orientation Differences in Pregnancy and Abortion Across the Lifecourse.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined sexual orientation-related differences in various pregnancy outcomes (e.g., teen pregnancy, abortion) across the lifespan.

Methods

We collected data from 124,710 participants in three U.S. longitudinal cohort studies, the Nurses' Health Study 2 and 3 and Growing Up Today Study 1, followed from 1989 to 2017. Multivariate regression was used to calculate differences of each outcome-ever had pregnancy, teen pregnancy, ever had abortion, and age at first birth-by sexual orientation groups (e.g., heterosexual, mostly heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian), adjusting for potential confounders of age and race/ethnicity.

Results

All sexual minority groups-except lesbians-were generally more likely than heterosexual peers to have a pregnancy, a teen pregnancy,

SUBMITTER: Charlton BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071993 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar - Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature