TY - JOUR
T1 - Delayed abortion among teenagers
T2 - Can a population at risk be identified?
AU - Slonim-Nevo, Vered
AU - Anson, Jon
AU - Sova, Jody
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 11 August 1993; accepted 19 July 1994. This study was supported by a faculty research grant from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University. The authors thank the staff of Reproductive Health Services, and the adolescents who agreed to participate, for their efforts. The assistance of Marilyn Coleman is valued also. Address correspondence to Vered Slonim-Nevo, Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel. E-mail: [email protected].
PY - 1995/1/1
Y1 - 1995/1/1
N2 - Although only a small proportion of abortions performed in the United States are second-trimester abortions, teenagers obtain a large percentage of them. Yet the literature on abortion seekers is remarkably lacking in a discussion of who the pregnant teenagers who seek abortions are, particularly those who seek second-trimester abortions. We report a study of 97 adolescents who turned for help to a public abortion clinic in Missouri during 1989. We examined the impact of demographic variables, social-behavioral variables, and pregnancy-related variables (pregnancy, contraception, and abortion histories and attitudes toward abortion) on the stage of pregnancy at which the teens arrived at the clinic. Only contraceptive use and a positive attitude toward abortion were predictive of late arrival at the abortion clinic.
AB - Although only a small proportion of abortions performed in the United States are second-trimester abortions, teenagers obtain a large percentage of them. Yet the literature on abortion seekers is remarkably lacking in a discussion of who the pregnant teenagers who seek abortions are, particularly those who seek second-trimester abortions. We report a study of 97 adolescents who turned for help to a public abortion clinic in Missouri during 1989. We examined the impact of demographic variables, social-behavioral variables, and pregnancy-related variables (pregnancy, contraception, and abortion histories and attitudes toward abortion) on the stage of pregnancy at which the teens arrived at the clinic. Only contraceptive use and a positive attitude toward abortion were predictive of late arrival at the abortion clinic.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399339509516162
DO - 10.1080/07399339509516162
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029266703
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 16
SP - 101
EP - 112
JO - Health Care for Women International
JF - Health Care for Women International
IS - 2
ER -