Travelling for Rights (TOR)

University of New Mexico (UNM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy Termination

Treatments: Other: Change in Texas Law

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03258463

16-006

Details and patient eligibility

About

This will be a retrospective cohort study comparing women obtaining an abortion in New Mexico and living in Texas and women obtaining an abortion in New Mexico and living in New Mexico .

Full description

This will be a retrospective cohort study comparing women obtaining an abortion in New Mexico and living in Texas and women obtaining an abortion in New Mexico and living in New Mexico in two different time periods (time period #1 is from January 1 2012-December 31 2012 and time period #2 is from May 1 2014-April 30 2015. Our exposure is a state in which a woman lives in (New Mexico or Texas). Our intervention is the change in Texan laws occurring from July 2013-January 2014.

Enrollment: 650 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women obtaining an induced abortion at one of the following clinics:

University of New Mexico's Center for Reproductive Health (UNM CRH), Planned Parenthood - Albuquerque Surgical Center or Southwestern Women's Options.

• Women residing in Texas or New Mexico. -Women obtaining an induced abortion between January 1 2012-

Exclusion criteria

• No chart available for data extraction
• Gestational age at time of abortion initiation ≥ 24 weeks gestation as determined by ultrasound imaging.

Trial design

650 participants in 2 patient groups

Time Period 1

Description:

Women who obtained an abortion from January 1 2012-December 31 2012

Time Period 2

Description:

Women who obtained an abortion from May 1 2014-April 30 2015.

Treatment:

Other: Change in Texas Law