Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in the USA: Epidemiology and Public Health Impact

Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 24-35

  Henshaw, Stanley K ^a  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion epidemiology; Abortion legalization and public health effects; Abortion rate among Protestants lower than in others; Abortion service accessibility; Demographic patterns unintended pregnancy influenced by stages in life and socioeconomic status; Rate of unintended pregnancy exposure and contraceptive effectiveness use; Repeat abortion; Teenagers and higher abortion rate in late gestation stage; Terminating a pregnancy and the reasons for the same; Unintended pregnancy and abortion in USA epidemiology and public health impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861580680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444313031.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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