Mexican Women Seeking Safe Abortion Services in San Diego, California

Bibliographic Data

ID15217508
AuthorsDaniel Grossman (0000-0002-6878-6201, Ibis Reproductive Health, corresponding author), Sandra G García (0000-0002-2670-3922), Jessica Kingston (0000-0002-1142-8083, University of California San Diego), Suzanne Schweikert (Planned Parenthood)
Year2012
Volume33
Issue11
Pages1060-1069
Publication date2012-10-15
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2012.673660
PMID23066967
OpenAlexW2077789235
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited13

Except for in Mexico City, abortion is legally restricted throughout Mexico, and unsafe abortion is prevalent. We surveyed 1,516 women seeking abortions in San Diego, California. Of these, 87 women (5.7%) self-identified as Mexican residents. We performed in-depth interviews with 17 of these women about their experiences seeking abortions in California. The Mexican women interviewed were generally well-educated and lived near the U.S.-Mexican border; most sought care in the United States due to mistrust of services in Mexico, and the desire to access mifepristone, a drug registered in the United States for early medical abortion. Several reported difficulties obtaining health care in Mexico or reentering the United States when they had postabortion complications. Several areas for improvement were identified, including outreach to clinics in Mexico

Abortion · Environmental health · Ethnology · Family medicine · Family planning · Medical abortion · Mexico city · Misoprostol · Outreach · Political science · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Sociology · Unsafe abortion · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Gerontology

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