Socioeconomic outcomes of women who receive and women who are denied wanted abortions in the United States

D.G. Foster, M.A. Biggs, L. Ralph, C. Gerdts, S. Roberts and M.M. Glymour

American Journal of Public Health, 2018, vol. 108, issue 3, 407-413

Abstract: Objectives. To determine the socioeconomic consequences of receipt versus denial of abortion. Methods. Women who presented for abortion just before or after the gestational age limit of 30 abortion facilities across the United States between 2008 and 2010 were recruited and followed for 5 years via semiannual telephone interviews. Using mixed effects models, we evaluated socioeconomic outcomes for 813 women by receipt or denial of abortion care. Results. In analyses that adjusted for the few baseline differences, women denied abortions who gave birth had higher odds of poverty 6 months after denial (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.77; P

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304247

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