Racial and Ethnic Abortion Disparities Following Georgia's 22-Week Gestational Age Limit
| Autor: | Kelli Stidham Hall, Emily Lemon, Subasri Narasimhan, Erin Berry, Roger W. Rochat, Elizabeth A Mosley, Lisa B. Haddad, Carrie Cwiak, Sara K. Redd, Eva Lathrop, Sophie A Hartwig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Georgia Health (social science) Ethnic group Gestational Age Abortion Race (biology) Pregnancy Maternity and Midwifery Ethnicity medicine Humans reproductive and urinary physiology business.industry Public health Last menstrual period Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Obstetrics and Gynecology Gestational age medicine.disease United States Additional research Population Surveillance Abortion Legal embryonic structures Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Women's Health Issues. 32:9-19 |
| ISSN: | 1049-3867 |
| Popis: | Introduction Georgia's 2012 House Bill 954 (HB954) prohibiting abortions after 22 weeks from last menstrual period (LMP) has been associated with a significant decrease in abortions after 22 weeks. However, the policy's effects by race or ethnicity remain unexplored. We investigated whether changes in abortion numbers and ratios (per 1,000 live births) in Georgia after HB954 varied by race or ethnicity. Methods Using Georgia Department of Public Health induced terminations of pregnancy data from 2007 to 2017, we examined changes in number of abortions and abortion ratios (per 1,000 live births) by race and ethnicity following HB954 implementation. Results After full implementation of HB954 in 2015, the number of abortions and abortion ratios at or after 22 weeks (from last menstrual period) decreased among White (bNumber = -261.83, p Conclusion The full implementation of HB954 had differential effects by race/ethnicity and gestational age. Although abortion at 22 weeks or more decreased for all groups, abortion at less than 22 weeks increased among Black people. Additional research should elucidate the possible causes, consequences, and reactions to differential effects of abortion restrictions by race and ethnicity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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