A trauma-informed examination of the hardships experienced by abortion fund patients in the United States

Gretchen E. Ely; Travis Hales; D. Lynn Jackson; Elizabeth A. Bowen; Eugene Maguin; Greer Hamilton

doi:10.1080/07399332.2017.1367795

A trauma-informed examination of the hardships experienced by abortion fund patients in the United States

Gretchen E. Ely
, Travis Hales
, D. Lynn Jackson
, Elizabeth A. Bowen
, Eugene Maguin
, Greer Hamilton

Office of the Dean of Social Welfare

SUNY Buffalo
Texas Christian University

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Abstract

Researchers describe hardships experienced by abortion patients, examining administrative health cases from 2010 to 2015 in the United States. All patients received financial assistance from an abortion fund to help pay for abortion. Case data were analyzed to assess types and numbers of hardships experienced by age, race, and geographic origin. Hardships ranged from homelessness to parenting multiple children. Patients from the geographic South experienced the most hardships, followed by those from the Midwest. Hardships experienced by abortion fund patients are like those reported in other samples of abortion patients; hardships potentially cause or exacerbate trauma. Results are discussed in the context of a trauma-informed perspective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1133-1151
Number of pages	19
Journal	Health Care for Women International
Volume	38
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1367795
State	Published - Nov 2 2017

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