A Study of the Relationship Between Restrictive Abortion Laws and Reproductive Health Behaviors and Outcomes: Unintended Births and Contraceptive Effectiveness

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  • November 5, 2019
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  • Link, Seri
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health
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  • Objectives Determine whether exposure to abortion restrictions is associated with reproductive decision-making by moderating the effect of predictors of contraceptive efficacy/unintended pregnancy among young women (age 18-26). Methods Logistic regression using predictors of unintended birth/contraceptive efficacy (race/ethnicity, education, insurance type, and relationship status) with data (unintended birth: N=5,680; contraceptive efficacy: N=4,910) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Results Abortion restrictions significantly moderate the relationships between race/insurance type and unintended birth/contraceptive effectiveness. Hispanic women, African-American women, and women receiving Medicaid exposed to more restrictive abortion laws have increased odds of an unintended birth over the following three years. Uninsured and African-American women exposed to abortion restrictions have reduced and increased odds, respectively, of using effective contraceptives in the following year. Conclusions Exposure to abortion restrictions has a moderating effect in minority and low-income women. Abortion restrictions should be paired with policies promoting reproductive planning/choice.
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  • Halpern, Carolyn
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  • Master of Public Health
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • 2014
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