Racial/ethnic and educational inequities in restrictive abortion policy variation and adverse birth outcomes in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine racial/ethnic and educational inequities in the relationship between state-level restrictive abortion policies and adverse birth outcomes from 2005 to 2015 in the United States.

Methods

Using a state-level abortion restrictiveness index comprised of 18 restrictive abortion policies, we conducted a retrospective longitudinal analysis examining whether race/ethnicity and education level moderated the relationship between the restrictiveness index and individual-level probabilities of preterm birth (PTB) and low birthweight (LBW). Data were obtained from the 2005-2015 National Center for Health Statistics Period Linked Live Birth-Infant Death Files and analyzed with linear probability models adjusted for individual- and state-level characteristics and stat

SUBMITTER: Redd SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532280 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature