Corinne Rocca, PhD, MPH, of the University of California San Francisco, explains the emotions women express after having an abortion in the United States. Co-authors: Katrina Kimport, PhD; Heather Gould, MPH, John Neuhaus, PhD, Sarah Roberts, PhD, and Diana Greene Foster, PhD.

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The following sources provided the research used in this video:

Rocca CH, Kimport K, Gould H, Foster DG. Women’s emotions one week after receiving or being denied an abortion in the United States. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2013 Sep; 45(3):122-31. PMID: 24020773

Rocca CH, Kimport K, Roberts SC, Gould H, Neuhaus J, Foster DG. Decision rightness and emotional responses to abortion in the United States: A longitudinal study. PLOS One. 2015; 10(7):e0128832. PMID: 26154386.

For more resources, please visit the Turnaway study’s annotated bibliography.