From the Journals

Sexual minorities seeking abortion report high levels of male violence


 

FROM OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Still, Dr. Jones and her associates wrote, the study has strengths. “Health care providers, including those working in abortion settings, need to be aware that a proportion of their patient population identifies as something other than heterosexual,” they wrote.

The study was funded by the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation with support from the National Institutes of Health via a grant to the Guttmacher Center for Population Research Innovation and Dissemination. The study authors reported no relevant financial disclosures.

SOURCE: Jones R et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Sep;132(3):605-11.

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