This article by Rosenblatt et al published in The American Journal of Public Health reviews
a survey of rural Idaho
physicians’ opposition to providing abortion services, noting personal moral or
religious objections and loval community opposition.
This article by Dobie et al published in Family Planning Perspectives notes that
women in this region are traveling farther and often to obtain abortion
services and are having those procedures at a later gestational age.
This articles by Lichtenberg
et al published in Contraception
explores survey data of first trimester surgical abortion practices among
member providers, warning against the future effects of a “graying” (aging)
provider population..
This article by Benson et al published in Contraception notes that early abortion
services of both manual and electric aspiration and medication abortion were
available in 59% of the facilities surveyed among other findings.
This report offers an overview of the importance of engaging hospitals as abortion providers nationally as well as survey data on the availability of hospital-based services in Massachusetts.
This article by Harper et al published in the Annual Review of Public Health provides
a review of literature describing abortion access, incidence, and provision in
the United States.
This article by Finer and Henshaw discusses the
rate of unintended pregnancy among certain groups, noting higher rates among
young women, low-income women, women who had not completed high school, and
minority women.
This article published in Obstetrics & GynecologyI by Drey et al investigates why second
trimester patients did not receive abortion care earlier, pointing to public
health issues like lack of pregnancy awareness, timely referrals, and public
insurance.
This article by Dillon and Savage published by
the Carsey Institutute examines rural attitudes, noting that while rural
Americans are more likely to oppose abortion, there is also evidence of variation
of these attitudes.
This article by Wright and Katz published in the
New England Journal of Medicine
provides an illustrative description of how constricted access affects
patients, touching upon the provider shortage, “crisis pregnancy centers,” and
the D&X ban.
The article by Finer et al is an comprehensive source
for what creates delays before obtaining abortion services and the demographic
trends that correspond with various delays.
DUring 2006, a joint project of AAP and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains assessed abortion access in Colorado via surveys of Colorado physicians; this report describes the current status of abortion access in the state and the success of expanding abortion access through this joint project to date.
