Knowledge, interest, and motivations surrounding self-managed medication abortion among patients at three Texas clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A rapid increase in restrictive abortion legislation in the United States has sparked renewed interest in self-managed abortion as a response to clinic access barriers. Yet little is known about knowledge of, interest in, and experiences of self-managed medication abortion among patients who obtain abortion care in a clinic.

Objectives

We examined patients' knowledge of, interest in, and experience with self-managed medication abortion before presenting to the clinic. We characterized the clinic- and person-level factors associated with these measures. Finally, we examined the reasons why patients express an interest in or consider self-management before attending the clinic.

Materials and methods

We surveyed 1502 abortion patients at 3 Texas clinics in McA

SUBMITTER: Aiken ARA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7395859 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature