Transgender abortion patients and the provision of transgender-specific care at non-hospital facilities that provide abortions

Q2 Medicine

Contraception: X Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.conx.2020.100019

Rachel K. Jones , Elizabeth Witwer , Jenna Jerman

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Abstract

Objective

To estimate the number of transgender and gender non-binary (TGNB) individuals who obtained abortions in the United States and the extent to which abortion facilities offer transgender-specific health services.

Study design

We collected survey data from all known health care facilities that provided abortions in 2017. For the first time, the questionnaire included items about TGNB abortion patients and services.

Results

We estimate that 462 to 530 TGNB individuals obtained abortions in 2017 and that 23% of clinics provide transgender-specific care.

Conclusion

Several hundred abortions were provided to TGNB individuals in 2017, primarily at facilities that did not provide transgender-specific health services.

Implications

Findings from this study support efforts to implement and expand gender-inclusive and affirming care at health care facilities that provide abortion.

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跨性别堕胎患者和在提供堕胎的非医院设施提供针对跨性别的护理

目的估计在美国获得堕胎的跨性别和性别非二元(TGNB)个体的数量以及堕胎设施提供跨性别特定保健服务的程度。我们收集了2017年所有已知提供堕胎服务的医疗机构的调查数据。问卷首次纳入TGNB人工流产患者及服务项目。结果我们估计，2017年有462至530名TGNB个体堕胎，23%的诊所提供跨性别特定护理。结论2017年为TGNB提供了数百例堕胎，主要是在不提供跨性别卫生服务的机构进行的。本研究的结果支持在提供堕胎服务的医疗机构实施和扩大性别包容和肯定护理的努力。

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Contraception: X Medicine-Obstetrics and Gynecology

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5.10

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22 weeks