Factors associated with abortion at 12 or more weeks gestation after implementation of a restrictive Texas law.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine factors associated with obtaining abortion at 12 or more weeks gestation in Texas after implementation of a restrictive law.

Study design

In this retrospective cohort study, we collected data from eight Texas abortion clinics that provided services at 12 or more weeks gestation from April 1, 2015 to March 30, 2016, after a restrictive abortion law enacted in November 2013 shuttered many of the state's clinics. We examined factors associated with obtaining in-clinic abortion services between 3-11 versus 12-24 weeks gestation including patient race-ethnicity, income level, and driving distance to the clinic using chi-square tests and calculating odds ratios. We further subcategorized abortion between 15-24 weeks to determine who may be most affected by a T

SUBMITTER: Goyal V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7606493 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature