Pregnancy care-seeking stress in the USA: a prospective cohort study
M Antonia Biggs, Lauren Ralph, Diana Greene Foster, Stephanie Arteaga, Corinne H Rocca · 2026
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Biggs, Ralph, Foster, Arteaga, and Rocca wrote this 2026 study of stress in seeking pregnancy care in the United States. Becoming pregnant sets off a search for care, whether prenatal visits or abortion care. That search can meet cost, distance, and legal walls, above all in states that restrict abortion.
The ADAPT study followed 2,015 non-pregnant people aged 15 to 34 for a year. Those with confirmed new pregnancies were followed through the pregnancy and for three years. Recruitment ran through 23 clinics in five southwestern states with mixed policy settings. In all, 334 people reported a new pregnancy within a year, and 324 had outcome data. The study tracks what care they sought, what blocked them, and how much stress the search caused.
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| CREATOR | M Antonia Biggs, Lauren Ralph, Diana Greene Foster, Stephanie Arteaga, Corinne H Rocca |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |