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- Title
Restricting Medicaid Funds for Abortions: Projections of Excess Mortality For Women of Childbearing Age.
- Authors
Petitti, Diana B.; Cates Jr., Willard
- Abstract
The article presents a study which projects the number of excess deaths of women of childbearing age which might result from the alternatives to public payment for legal abortion services in the U.S. Additional deaths from pregnancy and childbirth would occur if women who would have had an abortion carry the pregnancy to term. Excess deaths would result if these women seek an abortion from a less safe, nonlegal source. additional deaths related to legal abortion would occur if women delay the procedure while seeking another source of funds. The most important principle of the analysis is that a woman encounters an increased risk of death if she is pregnant regardless of her choice of outcomes.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DEATH; ABORTION; WOMEN; WOMEN'S health services; CHILDBIRTH; UNWANTED pregnancy; FUNDS availability; RISK
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1977, Vol 67, Issue 9, p860
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.67.9.860