Information on medication abortion provided by family planning clinics in California.
Contraception
; 128: 110279, 2023 12.
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| ID: mdl-37683755
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To assess access to abortion pills offered by clinics providing state-funded family planning services in California.METHODS:
We attempted to make two scripted calls to a 20% random sample of family planning clinics in California, stratified by county, as "secret shoppers" in 2020 and 2021.RESULTS:
Clinic staff responded to 407 calls. Only 50 respondents (12%) reported their clinic offered abortion pills and 23 respondents (6%) accurately indicated to callers that abortion pills were available free to low-income individuals in California. Most (68%) clinics that did not offer abortion pills could not direct callers to a clinic that did offer abortion pills.CONCLUSIONS:
Efforts are needed to increase the number of clinics providing medication abortion services in California. Clinic staff need training to provide accurate information about medication abortion.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Aborto Inducido
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Servicios de Planificación Familiar
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Contraception
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article