title: Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intimate partner violence is common among women having abortions, with between 6% and 22% reporting recent violence from an intimate partner. Concern about violence is a reason some pregnant women decide to terminate their pregnancies. Whether risk of violence decreases after having an abortion, remains unknown.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data are from the Turnaway Study, a prospective cohort study of women seeking abortions at 30 facilities across the U.S. Participants included women who: presented just prior to a facility's gestational age limit and received abortions (Near Limit Abortion Group, n = 452), presented just beyond the gestational limit and were denied abortions (Turnaways, n = 231), and received first trimester abortions (First Trimester Abortion Group, n = 273). Mixed effects logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between receiving versus being denied abortion and subsequent violence from the man involved in the pregnancy over 2.5 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Physical violence decreased for Near Limits (adjusted odds ratios (aOR), 0.93 per month; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.90, 0.96), but not Turnaways who gave birth (P < .05 versus Near Limits). The decrease for First Trimesters was similar to Near Limits (P = .324). Psychological violence decreased for all groups (aOR, 0.97; CI 0.94, 1.00), with no differential change across groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Policies restricting abortion provision may result in more women being unable to terminate unwanted pregnancies, potentially keeping them in contact with violent partners, and putting women and their children at risk.
authors.forename: Sarah Cm
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: M Antonia
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Biggs
authors.forename: Karuna S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Chibber
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.forename: Corinne H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Rocca
authors.forename: Diana Greene
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D000023:Abortion Applicants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D014481:United States