BACKGROUND: Despite the availability of first trimester abortion services in urban settings,
many women request abortion in the second trimester. We identified protective and risk …

Objective Later second-trimester abortion (gestational age≥ 19 weeks) is higher risk, more
expensive and more difficult to access than abortion earlier in pregnancy. We sought to …

OBJECTIVE: To determine factors associated with delay of induced abortion into the second
trimester of pregnancy. METHODS: Using audio computer-assisted self-interviewing, 398 …

OBJECTIVE: We studied the steps in the process of obtaining abortions and women's
reported delays in order to help understand difficulties in accessing abortion services …

BACKGROUND: Approximately 1 out of 10 abortions in the United States occurs in the
second trimester of pregnancy. This study uses survival analysis to identify the factors which …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about the characteristics of second-trimester abortion
patients. STUDY DESIGN: Data come from a national sample of 9493 women obtaining …

Objective To evaluate delays before first-or second-trimester legal abortion and barriers to
care in Colombia. Methods A secondary analysis was undertaken of data from a prospective …

Objective To assess the association of clinician referral with decision-to-abortion time. Study
design We conducted a cross-sectional survey of women seeking abortion at all three …

Context Recent years have seen the introduction of state bills seeking to ban abortions after
20 weeks, but little empirical data exist on who is affected when such bans become law …

Objectives To identify key delays and associated factors in women's pathway to second-
trimester abortion that could inform strategies to increase earlier presentation. Study design …