Access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We sought to review the literature on the access experiences and attitudes toward abortion among youth experiencing homelessness in the United States.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature published from 2001 to 2019. We included qualitative studies involving US participants that focused on access experiences, views, or accounts of unintended pregnancy and/or abortion among youth experiencing homelessness. We excluded studies published before 2001 as that was the year mifepristone medication abortion was made available in the US and we aimed to investigate experiences of access to both medical and surgical abortion options.

Results

Our thematic analysis of the data resulted in five key themes that characterize the abortion att

SUBMITTER: Munro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248724 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature