Policy Knowledge and Abortion Access for US Active‐Duty Servicewomen: A Mixed‐Methods Study
Given the systemic lack of policy knowledge reported among study participants, the DOD should develop and implement a standardized abortion policy and access training for military health care professionals, leadership, and service members. Policies ensuring access to abortion should be adopted, codified, and implemented uniformly across all branches of service.
Authors
- Stacy Mueller
- Kui‐Tzu Feng
- Silvia Messina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-7759)
- L Manzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0415-4288)
- Caitlin Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0156-7892)
- Tiara Walz
- Holly Harner
- Sharon Arana
Institutions
- United States Army Medical Command (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
- United States Air Force (US)
- United States Department of the Air Force (US)
- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Jefferson College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.70049
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00