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Evidence indicates that there are potential health, development, and maternal bonding consequences for children born from unwanted pregnancies.

To examine the association of women receiving or being denied a wanted abortion with their children’s health and well-being.

A 5-year longitudinal observational study with a quasi-experimental design conducted between January 18, 2008, and January 25, 2016, examined women who received abortions just under the gestational age limit of 30 abortion facilities across the United States and women who were denied abortion just beyond the gestational age limit in these facilities. Analyses compared the children of 146 women who were denied an abortion (index children) with children born to 182 women who received an abortion and had a subsequent child within 5 years (subsequent children). Interview-to …