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EXPLAINED: Turnaway Study

Dr. Diana Greene Foster, of the University of California San Francisco, explains the most up-to-date research from the Turnaway Study.

For more information, watch the extended lecture version and download the video companion materials.

The following links provided the research used in this video:

_{Roberts SCM, Gould H, Kimport K, Weitz TA, Foster DG. Out-of-Pocket Costs and Insurance Coverage for Abortion in the United States. March 2014. Women’s Health Issues, (24)2:3211-218.}

_{Biggs MA, Gould H, Foster DG. Understanding why women seek abortions in the US. July 2013. BMC Women’s Health, 13:29.}

_{Foster DG, Gerdts C, Korenman S, Ralph L, Roberts SCM. Effect of being denied a wanted abortion on women’s socioeconomic wellbeing. APHA abstract.}

_{Foster DG, Raifman S, Biggs MA. Effect of abortion receipt and denial on women’s existing and subsequent children. APHA abstract.}

_{For more information, review the annotated bibliography.}