title: Is medical abortion acceptable to all American women: the impact of sociodemographic characteristics on the acceptability of mifepristone-misoprostol abortion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion is more acceptable to some American women than to others.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using previously reported acceptability data from a large US multicenter study (n = 2121), we conducted a more detailed analysis to test whether characteristics such as race/ethnicity, education, age, gestational age, and geographic location affect acceptability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the United States, Asian women were more than twice as likely as other women to choose this method because they believed it was safer, while white women were twice as likely to select it because they considered it more natural. More educated women were likely to select this method to show support for greater choice and were more pleased about being able to avoid surgery. Particular features of the protocol also appealed to different women. White and African-American women as well as women with more education would feel significantly more comfortable taking one or both of the drugs at home than they would in the clinic. Nearly all groups of women were equally satisfied with this method and found it highly acceptable. The data showed surprisingly few differences among women's overall satisfaction level, their willingness to choose the method again, or to recommend it to others.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mifepristone-misoprostol medical abortion has widespread appeal to a broad range of women, but different women choose and prefer this method for different reasons.
authors.affiliation: Population Council, New York, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ellertson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Winikoff
mesh_terms: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000021:Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003710:Demography; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015735:Mifepristone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016595:Misoprostol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D012923:Social Class
chemical_list: D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D000021:Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal; D016595:Misoprostol; D015735:Mifepristone