The Association of Federal Medicaid Abortion Funding Restrictions With Adverse Obstetric Outcomes Among United States Medicaid Recipients

Abstract

(Abstracted from Contraception 2023;126:110116) Obstetric care in the United States is predominantly paid for by Medicaid, which covers nearly half of all births. An essential component of comprehensive obstetric care is legal, safe abortion, and restricted access to such procedures is related to increased maternal mortality and morbidity.