A cross-cultural exploration of abortion fund patients in the USA and the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15099345
AutoresGretchen E Ely (0000-0002-0395-9626, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA, autor de correspondencia), Travis W Hales (0000-0003-3408-6984, School of Social Work, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA), Lynn Jackson (0000-0003-4364-1687, Texas Christian University), D Lynn Jackson (Texas Christian University)
Año2018
Volumen20
Número5
Páginas560-573
Fecha de publicación2018-05-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCulture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13691058.2017.1361550
PMID28812525
OpenAlexW2750523221
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas36

This paper details results of a study examining administrative case data from 2010-2015 from abortion funds serving the USA and the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. Driven by the available data, the researchers compared organisational characteristics, patient characteristics, procedural costs, patient resources and the ratio between patient resources and procedural costs. Independent t-tests were conducted to assess whether differences in characteristics, costs or resources were significant. The number of patients serviced by abortion funds across the two datasets increased yearly from 2010-2015. While patients in the USA had more resources, on average, to contribute to their abortion procedure, Irish, Northern Irish and Manx patients had the resources to pay for a greater percentage of their costs, on average, which was mainly attributable to the differences in gestational age of those helped by the different abortion funds. Patients across all nations were similar in terms of their marital status, average age and number of existing children. Patients across these countries face expensive procedures and a lack of resources that are bridged in part by abortion fund assistance

Abortion · Abortion law · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Ethnology · Family medicine · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Irish · Marital status · Northern ireland · Population · Pregnancy · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception