Diana Greene Foster, PhD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Director of Research, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH)
Director, Bixby Population Sciences Research Unit
Dr. Foster is a demographer who uses quantitative models and analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of family planning policies and the effect of unintended pregnancy on women’s lives. Dr. Foster has worked on the evaluation of the California State family planning program, Family PACT. This work demonstrated the effectiveness of the program in reducing the incidence of unintended pregnancy. Dr. Foster created a new methodology for estimating pregnancies averted based on a Markov model and a microsimulation to identify the cost-effectiveness of advance provision of emergency contraception. She is currently leading a nationwide longitudinal prospective study of the health and well-being of women who seek abortion, including both women who do and do not receive the abortion.
Education:
- University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor's Degree in the Political Economy of Natural Resources
- Princeton University, Master's Degree in Public and International Affairs and Doctorate in Demography and Public Policy
In the news:
- Restricting access to abortion makes poor women poorer (op-ed) | Los Angeles Times
- Stop saying that making abortion illegal won't stop people from having them (op-ed) | Rewire
- When women are denied an abortion, their children fare worse than peers (op-ed) | STAT
- How abortion restrictions like Texas' push pregnant people into poverty | The 19th
- The study that debunks most anti-abortion arguments | The New Yorker
- Study examines the lasting effects of having—or being denied—a wanted abortion | Fresh Air
- Being denied an abortion has a devastating financial impact, a new study says | Bustle
- Providing 12 months of birth control pills at once is beneficial, new research says | USA Today
- Why women--and men--need better birth control | Scientific American
- The American abortion rate is at an all-time low | Vox
- America's uncounted abortions | Pacific Standard
- Denial of abortion leads to economic hardship for low-income women | Reuters
- A glimpse into your post-Roe future | Cosmopolitan
- What happens to women who are denied abortions? | New York Times
- The abortion debate doesn't change, but the science of abortion does | Boston Globe
- On abortion, it's time to start trusting women: they know what they're doing | Salon
Publications:
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Commentary: The Turnaway Study: A case of self-correction in science upended by political motivation and unvetted findings. Front Psychol. 2022; 13:1003116. Biggs A, Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K, Ralph L, Roberts S, Rocca C, Sisson G, Upadhyay U, Woodruff K. PMID: 36533007; PMCID: PMC9755483.View in: PubMed Mentions:
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Intimate relationships after receiving versus being denied an abortion: A 5-year prospective study in the United States. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2022 Dec; 54(4):156-165. Upadhyay UD, Foster DG, Gould H, Biggs MA. PMID: 36414233.
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Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Receive and Women Who Are Denied Wanted Abortions in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2022 09; 112(9):1290-1296. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Ralph L, Gerdts C, Roberts S, Glymour MM. PMID: 35969820; PMCID: PMC9382171.
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New Abortion Bans Will Increase Existing Health and Economic Disparities. Am J Public Health. 2022 09; 112(9):1276-1277. Foster DG. PMID: 35969828; PMCID: PMC9382161.
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Denial of Abortion Because of Provider Gestational Age Limits in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2022 09; 112(9):1305-1312. Upadhyay UD, Weitz TA, Jones RK, Barar RE, Foster DG. PMID: 35969817; PMCID: PMC9382160.
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Comparison of Pregnancy Preferences Preceding vs Year 1 of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 07 01; 5(7):e2220093. Rocca CH, Parra M, Mu?oz I, Foster DG, Boscardin WJ, Ralph LJ. PMID: 35788671; PMCID: PMC9257576.
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The Court is ignoring science. Science. 2022 05 20; 376(6595):779. Foster DG. PMID: 35575724.
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Predictors of prior unsuccessful pharmacy abortion attempts among women presenting for abortion in government certified clinics in Nepal. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2022 Oct; 159(1):160-165. Ahlbach C, Puri MC, Daniel S, Rocca CH, Karki S, Foster DG. PMID: 35152426; PMCID: PMC9372217.
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Timing of pregnancy discovery among women seeking abortion. Contraception. 2021 12; 104(6):642-647. Foster DG, Gould H, Biggs MA. PMID: 34363842.
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Association of Travel Distance to Nearest Abortion Facility With Rates of Abortion. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 07 01; 4(7):e2115530. Thompson KMJ, Sturrock HJW, Foster DG, Upadhyay UD. PMID: 34228128; PMCID: PMC8261612.
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic security and pregnancy intentions among people at risk of pregnancy. Contraception. 2021 06; 103(6):380-385. Lin TK, Law R, Beaman J, Foster DG. PMID: 33587906; PMCID: PMC9748659.
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Prevalence of Self-Managed Abortion Among Women of Reproductive Age in the United States. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 12 01; 3(12):e2029245. Ralph L, Foster DG, Raifman S, Biggs MA, Samari G, Upadhyay U, Gerdts C, Grossman D. PMID: 33337493; PMCID: PMC7749440.
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Emotions over five years after denial of abortion in the United States: Contextualizing the effects of abortion denial on women's health and lives. Soc Sci Med. 2021 01; 269:113567. Rocca CH, Moseson H, Gould H, Foster DG, Kimport K. PMID: 33309441.
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Fertility intentions and recent births among US abortion patients. Contraception. 2021 02; 103(2):75-79. Jones RK, Foster DG, Biggs MA. PMID: 33232696.
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Development and Validation of the Sexual and Reproductive Empowerment Scale for Adolescents and Young Adults. J Adolesc Health. 2021 01; 68(1):86-94. Upadhyay UD, Danza PY, Neilands TB, Gipson JD, Brindis CD, Hindin MJ, Foster DG, Dworkin SL. PMID: 32690468; PMCID: PMC7755733.
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The problems with a poverty argument for�long-acting reversible contraceptive promotion. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 04; 222(4S):S861-S863. Foster DG. PMID: 32248904.
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Comparing Prospective and Retrospective Reports of Pregnancy Intention in a Longitudinal Cohort of U.S. Women. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2020 03; 52(1):39-48. Ralph LJ, Foster DG, Rocca CH. PMID: 32189427; PMCID: PMC8126343.
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The effect of receiving versus being denied an abortion on making and achieving aspirational 5-year life plans. BMJ Sex Reprod Health. 2020 07; 46(3):177-183. McCarthy MA, Upadhyay U, Ralph L, Biggs MA, Foster DG. PMID: 32098771.
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Perceived abortion stigma and psychological well-being over five years after receiving or being denied an abortion. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0226417. Biggs MA, Brown K, Foster DG. PMID: 31995559; PMCID: PMC6988908.
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Physical Health of Women After Seeking Abortion Services. Ann Intern Med. 2020 01 21; 172(2):164-165. Ralph LJ, Schwarz EB, Grossman D, Foster DG. PMID: 31958829.
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Emotions and decision rightness over five years following an abortion: An examination of decision difficulty and abortion stigma. Soc Sci Med. 2020 03; 248:112704. Rocca CH, Samari G, Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K. PMID: 31941577.
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Pregnancy preferences and contraceptive use among US women. Contraception. 2020 02; 101(2):79-85. Samari G, Foster DG, Ralph LJ, Rocca CH. PMID: 31805265; PMCID: PMC7028518.
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A Prospective Cohort Study of the Effect of Receiving versus Being Denied an Abortion on Educational Attainment. Womens Health Issues. 2019 Nov - Dec; 29(6):455-464. Ralph LJ, Mauldon J, Biggs MA, Foster DG. PMID: 31708341.
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Stability of Retrospective Pregnancy Intention Reporting Among Women with Unwanted Pregnancies in the United States. Matern Child Health J. 2019 Nov; 23(11):1547-1555. Rocca CH, Wilson MR, Jeon M, Foster DG. PMID: 31236825; PMCID: PMC6786959.
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Self-reported Physical Health of Women Who Did and Did Not Terminate Pregnancy After Seeking Abortion Services: A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2019 08 20; 171(4):238-247. Ralph LJ, Schwarz EB, Grossman D, Foster DG. PMID: 31181576.
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Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Measure Prospective Pregnancy Preferences: The Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale. Med Care. 2019 02; 57(2):152-158. Rocca CH, Ralph LJ, Wilson M, Gould H, Foster DG. PMID: 30550399; PMCID: PMC6331264.
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Dualities between Tunisian provider beliefs and actions in abortion care. Reprod Health Matters. 2018 Dec; 26(52):47-57. Raifman S, Hajri S, Gerdts C, Foster D. PMID: 30039747.
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Support for and interest in alternative models of medication abortion provision among a national probability sample of U.S. women. Contraception. 2019 02; 99(2):118-124. Biggs MA, Ralph L, Raifman S, Foster DG, Grossman D. PMID: 30448203.
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Comparison of Health, Development, Maternal Bonding, and Poverty Among Children Born After Denial of Abortion vs After Pregnancies Subsequent to an Abortion. JAMA Pediatr. 2018 11 01; 172(11):1053-1060. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Raifman S, Gipson J, Kimport K, Rocca CH. PMID: 30193363; PMCID: PMC6248140.
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Providers' perspectives on denial of abortion care in Nepal: a cross sectional study. Reprod Health. 2018 Oct 11; 15(1):170. Puri MC, Raifman S, Khanal B, Maharjan DC, Foster DG. PMID: 30305079; PMCID: PMC6180519.
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Intended pregnancy after receiving vs. being denied a wanted abortion. Contraception. 2019 01; 99(1):42-47. Upadhyay UD, Aztlan-James EA, Rocca CH, Foster DG. PMID: 30244161.
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Contemporary Hormonal Contraception and the Risk of Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2018 03 29; 378(13):1263-4. Schwarz EB, Foster DG, Grossman D. PMID: 29595926.
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Attitudes Toward Abortion After Receiving vs. Being Denied an Abortion in the USA. Sex Res Social Policy. 2018 Dec; 15(4):452-463. Woodruff K, Biggs MA, Gould H, Foster DG. PMID: 30956717; PMCID: PMC6449855.
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Changes in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Over Five Years After Receiving Versus Being Denied a Pregnancy Termination. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2018 03; 79(2):293-301. Roberts SCM, Foster DG, Gould H, Biggs MA. PMID: 29553359; PMCID: PMC9798474.
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Subsequent Unintended Pregnancy Among US Women Who Receive or Are Denied a Wanted Abortion. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2018 01; 63(1):45-52. Aztlan EA, Foster DG, Upadhyay U. PMID: 29377521.
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Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Receive and Women Who Are Denied Wanted Abortions in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2018 03; 108(3):407-413. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Ralph L, Gerdts C, Roberts S, Glymour MM. PMID: 29345993; PMCID: PMC5803812.
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Contraceptive Use over Five Years After Receipt Or Denial of Abortion Services. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2018 03; 50(1):7-14. Moseson H, Foster DG, Upadhyay UD, Vittinghoff E, Rocca CH. PMID: 29329494; PMCID: PMC6657520.
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The Impact of a Parental Notification Requirement on Illinois Minors' Access to and Decision-Making Around Abortion. J Adolesc Health. 2018 03; 62(3):281-287. Ralph LJ, King E, Belusa E, Foster DG, Brindis CD, Biggs MA. PMID: 29248391.
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Dramatic Decreases in US Abortion Rates: Public Health Achievement or Failure? Am J Public Health. 2017 12; 107(12):1860-1862. Foster DG. PMID: 29116861; PMCID: PMC5678419.
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'I felt the world crash down on me': Women's experiences being denied legal abortion in Colombia. Reprod Health. 2017 Oct 23; 14(1):133. DePi?eres T, Raifman S, Mora M, Villarreal C, Foster DG, Gerdts C. PMID: 29058629; PMCID: PMC5651606.
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Effect of Knowledge of Self-removability of Intrauterine Contraceptives on Uptake, Continuation, and Satisfaction. Womens Health Issues. 2018 Jan - Feb; 28(1):68-74. Raifman S, Barar R, Foster D. PMID: 28882549.
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Mental Health Outcomes After Having or Being Denied an Abortion-Reply. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017 06 01; 74(6):654. Biggs MA, Upadhyay UD, Foster DG. PMID: 28492913.
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Distance traveled for Medicaid-covered abortion care in California. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Apr 19; 17(1):287. Johns NE, Foster DG, Upadhyay UD. PMID: 28420438; PMCID: PMC5395766.
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Women's Mental Health and Well-being 5 Years After Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017 02 01; 74(2):169-178. Biggs MA, Upadhyay UD, McCulloch CE, Foster DG. PMID: 27973641.
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Adoption Decision Making among Women Seeking Abortion. Womens Health Issues. 2017 Mar - Apr; 27(2):136-144. Sisson G, Ralph L, Gould H, Foster DG. PMID: 28153742.
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Measuring decisional certainty among women seeking abortion. Contraception. 2017 Mar; 95(3):269-278. Ralph LJ, Foster DG, Kimport K, Turok D, Roberts SCM. PMID: 27745910.
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'How shall we survive': a qualitative study of women's experiences following denial of menstrual regulation (MR) services in Bangladesh. Reprod Health. 2016 Jul 22; 13(1):86. Hossain A, Moseson H, Raifman S, Gerdts C, Biswas KK, Foster DG. PMID: 27449219; PMCID: PMC4957356.
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Interest in self-administration of subcutaneous depot medroxyprogesterone acetate in the United States. Contraception. 2016 10; 94(4):303-13. Upadhyay UD, Zlidar VM, Foster DG. PMID: 27326938.
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Unmet need for abortion and woman-centered contraceptive care. Lancet. 2016 Jul 16; 388(10041):216-7. Foster DG. PMID: 27179753.
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Does abortion increase women's risk for post-traumatic stress? Findings from a prospective longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open. 2016 Feb 01; 6(2):e009698. Biggs MA, Rowland B, McCulloch CE, Foster DG. PMID: 26832431; PMCID: PMC4746441.
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Which women are missed by primary health-care based interventions for alcohol and drug use? Addict Behav. 2016 Apr; 55:32-7. Roberts SC, Ralph LJ, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG. PMID: 26774493; PMCID: PMC4721246.
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Racial and ethnic differences in women's preferences for features of contraceptive methods. Contraception. 2016 05; 93(5):406-11. Jackson AV, Karasek D, Dehlendorf C, Foster DG. PMID: 26738619.
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'This Is Real Misery': Experiences of Women Denied Legal Abortion in Tunisia. PLoS One. 2015; 10(12):e0145338. Hajri S, Raifman S, Gerdts C, Baum S, Foster DG. PMID: 26684189; PMCID: PMC4686168.
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Moderators and mediators of the relationship between receiving versus being denied a pregnancy termination and subsequent binge drinking. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Feb 01; 159:117-24. Roberts SC, Subbaraman MS, Delucchi KL, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG. PMID: 26747416; PMCID: PMC4724544.
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The effect of abortion on having and achieving aspirational one-year plans. BMC Womens Health. 2015 Nov 11; 15:102. Upadhyay UD, Biggs MA, Foster DG. PMID: 26559911; PMCID: PMC4642756.
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Side Effects, Physical Health Consequences, and Mortality Associated with Abortion and Birth after an Unwanted Pregnancy. Womens Health Issues. 2016 Jan-Feb; 26(1):55-9. Gerdts C, Dobkin L, Foster DG, Schwarz EB. PMID: 26576470.
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Mental Health Diagnoses 3 Years After Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2015 Dec; 105(12):2557-63. Biggs MA, Neuhaus JM, Foster DG. PMID: 26469674; PMCID: PMC4638270.
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"I need to terminate this pregnancy even if it will take my life": a qualitative study of the effect of being denied legal abortion on women's lives in Nepal. BMC Womens Health. 2015 Oct 14; 15:85. Puri M, Vohra D, Gerdts C, Foster DG. PMID: 26466784; PMCID: PMC4606998.
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Decision Rightness and Emotional Responses to Abortion in the United States: A Longitudinal Study. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0128832. Rocca CH, Kimport K, Roberts SC, Gould H, Neuhaus J, Foster DG. PMID: 26154386; PMCID: PMC4496083.
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Receiving Versus Being Denied a Pregnancy Termination and Subsequent Alcohol Use: A Longitudinal Study. Alcohol Alcohol. 2015 Jul; 50(4):477-84. Roberts SC, Delucchi K, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG. PMID: 25787011; PMCID: PMC4474001.
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Receiving versus being denied an abortion and subsequent tobacco use. Matern Child Health J. 2015 Mar; 19(3):438-46. Roberts SC, Foster DG. PMID: 24880251.
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Potential public sector cost-savings from over-the-counter access to oral contraceptives. Contraception. 2015 May; 91(5):373-9. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Phillips KA, Grindlay K, Grossman D. PMID: 25732570.
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A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories between women who had an abortion and women denied one. Psychol Med. 2015 Jul; 45(10):2073-82. Foster DG, Steinberg JR, Roberts SC, Neuhaus J, Biggs MA. PMID: 25628123; PMCID: PMC5004731.
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Denial of abortion in legal settings. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2015 Jul; 41(3):161-3. Gerdts C, DePi?eres T, Hajri S, Harries J, Hossain A, Puri M, Vohra D, Foster DG. PMID: 25511805; PMCID: PMC4501171.
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Alcohol use before and during unwanted pregnancy. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Nov; 38(11):2844-52. Roberts SC, Wilsnack SC, Foster DG, Delucchi KL. PMID: 25336245; PMCID: PMC4245368.
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Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion. BMC Med. 2014 Sep 29; 12:144. Roberts SC, Biggs MA, Chibber KS, Gould H, Rocca CH, Foster DG. PMID: 25262880; PMCID: PMC4182793.
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Beyond political claims: women's interest in and emotional response to viewing their ultrasound image in abortion care. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2014 Dec; 46(4):185-91. Kimport K, Weitz TA, Foster DG. PMID: 25209369.
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Effect of abortion vs. carrying to term on a woman's relationship with the man involved in the pregnancy. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2015 Mar; 47(1):11-8. Mauldon J, Foster DG, Roberts SC. PMID: 25199435.
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Perceived stress and emotional social support among women who are denied or receive abortions in the United States: a prospective cohort study. BMC Womens Health. 2014 Jun 19; 14:76. Harris LF, Roberts SC, Biggs MA, Rocca CH, Foster DG. PMID: 24946971; PMCID: PMC4080695.
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Does abortion reduce self-esteem and life satisfaction? Qual Life Res. 2014 Nov; 23(9):2505-13. Biggs MA, Upadhyay UD, Steinberg JR, Foster DG. PMID: 24740325; PMCID: PMC4186981.
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Attitudes toward over-the-counter access to oral contraceptives among a sample of abortion clients in the United States. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2014 Jun; 46(2):83-9. Grindlay K, Foster DG, Grossman D. PMID: 24602230.
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Out-of-pocket costs and insurance coverage for abortion in the United States. Womens Health Issues. 2014 Mar-Apr; 24(2):e211-8. Roberts SC, Gould H, Kimport K, Weitz TA, Foster DG. PMID: 24630423.
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Development and validation of a reproductive autonomy scale. Stud Fam Plann. 2014 Mar; 45(1):19-41. Upadhyay UD, Dworkin SL, Weitz TA, Foster DG. PMID: 24615573.
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Interest in and experience with IUD self-removal. Contraception. 2014 Jul; 90(1):54-9. Foster DG, Grossman D, Turok DK, Peipert JF, Prine L, Schreiber CA, Jackson AV, Barar RE, Schwarz EB. PMID: 24613370.
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Implementing a prospective study of women seeking abortion in the United States: understanding and overcoming barriers to recruitment. Womens Health Issues. 2014 Jan-Feb; 24(1):e115-23. Dobkin LM, Gould H, Barar RE, Ferrari M, Weiss EI, Foster DG. PMID: 24439937.
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The role of intimate partners in women's reasons for seeking abortion. Womens Health Issues. 2014 Jan-Feb; 24(1):e131-8. Chibber KS, Biggs MA, Roberts SC, Foster DG. PMID: 24439939.
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Relationship between ultrasound viewing and proceeding to abortion. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jan; 123(1):81-87. Gatter M, Kimport K, Foster DG, Weitz TA, Upadhyay UD. PMID: 24463667.
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The role of parents and partners in minors' decisions to have an abortion and anticipated coping after abortion. J Adolesc Health. 2014 Apr; 54(4):428-34. Ralph L, Gould H, Baker A, Foster DG. PMID: 24332398.
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Who seeks abortions at or after 20 weeks? Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2013 Dec; 45(4):210-8. Foster DG, Kimport K. PMID: 24188634.
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Receiving versus being denied an abortion and subsequent drug use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Jan 01; 134:63-70. Roberts SCM, Rocca CH, Foster DG. PMID: 24183616.
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Denial of abortion because of provider gestational age limits in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep; 104(9):1687-94. Upadhyay UD, Weitz TA, Jones RK, Barar RE, Foster DG. PMID: 23948000; PMCID: PMC4151926.
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Patient viewing of the ultrasound image prior to abortion. Contraception. 2013 Nov; 88(5):666-70. Kimport K, Upadhyay UD, Foster DG, Gatter M, Weitz TA. PMID: 24028750.
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Understanding why women seek abortions in the US. BMC Womens Health. 2013 Jul 05; 13:29. Biggs MA, Gould H, Foster DG. PMID: 23829590; PMCID: PMC3729671.
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Predictors of abortion counseling receipt and helpfulness in the United States. Womens Health Issues. 2013 Jul-Aug; 23(4):e249-55. Gould H, Foster DG, Perrucci AC, Barar RE, Roberts SC. PMID: 23816155.
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Cost-savings from the provision of specific contraceptive methods in 2009. Womens Health Issues. 2013 Jul-Aug; 23(4):e265-71. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Malvin J, Bradsberry M, Darney P, Brindis CD. PMID: 23816157.
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Access to levonorgestrel emergency contraception: science versus federal politics. Womens Health (Lond). 2013 Mar; 9(2):139-43. Thompson KM, Raine TR, Foster DG, Speidel JJ, Darney PD, Brindis CD, Harper CC. PMID: 23477320.
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Interest in a pericoital pill among women in family planning and abortion clinics. Contraception. 2013 Jul; 88(1):141-6. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Grossman D, Schwarz EB. PMID: 23507170.
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Misunderstanding the risk of conception from unprotected and protected sex. Womens Health Issues. 2013 Jan; 23(1):e47-53. Biggs MA, Foster DG. PMID: 23231762.
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Denial of abortion care due to gestational age limits. Contraception. 2013 Jan; 87(1):3-5. Foster DG, Dobkin LM, Upadhyay UD. PMID: 23122688.
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Effect of abortion protesters on women's emotional response to abortion. Contraception. 2013 Jan; 87(1):81-7. Foster DG, Kimport K, Gould H, Roberts SC, Weitz TA. PMID: 23062524.
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Alcohol, tobacco and drug use as reasons for abortion. Alcohol Alcohol. 2012 Nov-Dec; 47(6):640-8. Roberts SC, Avalos LA, Sinkford D, Foster DG. PMID: 22917755.
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Patient education and emotional support practices in abortion care facilities in the United States. Womens Health Issues. 2012 Jul-Aug; 22(4):e359-64. Gould H, Perrucci A, Barar R, Sinkford D, Foster DG. PMID: 22609254.
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Attitudes and decision making among women seeking abortions at one U.S. clinic. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2012 Jun; 44(2):117-24. Foster DG, Gould H, Taylor J, Weitz TA. PMID: 22681427.
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Unprotected intercourse among women wanting to avoid pregnancy: attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs. Womens Health Issues. 2012 May-Jun; 22(3):e311-8. Biggs MA, Karasek D, Foster DG. PMID: 22555219.
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How women anticipate coping after an abortion. Contraception. 2012 Jul; 86(1):84-90. Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K. PMID: 22176790.
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Attitudes toward unprotected intercourse and risk of pregnancy among women seeking abortion. Womens Health Issues. 2012 Mar; 22(2):e149-55. Foster DG, Higgins JA, Karasek D, Ma S, Grossman D. PMID: 22000817.
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Interest in using intrauterine contraception when the option of self-removal is provided. Contraception. 2012 Mar; 85(3):257-62. Foster DG, Karasek D, Grossman D, Darney P, Schwarz EB. PMID: 22067772.
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Race, ethnicity and differences in contraception among low-income women: methods received by Family PACT Clients, California, 2001-2007. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2011 Sep; 43(3):181-7. Dehlendorf C, Foster DG, de Bocanegra HT, Brindis C, Bradsberry M, Darney P. PMID: 21884386; PMCID: PMC3412526.
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Estimating the fertility effect of expansions of publicly funded family planning services in California. Womens Health Issues. 2011 Nov-Dec; 21(6):418-24. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Rostovtseva D, de Bocanegra HT, Darney PD, Brindis CD. PMID: 21802962.
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Increased use of intrauterine contraception in California, 1997 to 2007. Womens Health Issues. 2011 Nov-Dec; 21(6):425-30. Thompson KM, Foster DG, Harper CC. PMID: 21723742.
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Willingness to have unprotected sex. J Sex Res. 2012; 49(1):61-8. Foster DG, Higgins JA, Biggs MA, McCain C, Holtby S, Brindis CD. PMID: 21516592.
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Should providers give women advance provision of emergency contraceptive pills? A cost-effectiveness analysis. Womens Health Issues. 2010 Jul-Aug; 20(4):242-7. Foster DG, Raine TR, Brindis C, Rostovtseva DP, Darney PD. PMID: 20620913; PMCID: PMC3153435.
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Cost-benefit analysis of state- and hospital-funded postpartum intrauterine contraception at a university hospital for recent immigrants to the United States. Contraception. 2010 Apr; 81(4):304-8. Rodriguez MI, Caughey AB, Edelman A, Darney PD, Foster DG. PMID: 20227546.
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Pharmacist interest in and attitudes toward direct pharmacy access to hormonal contraception in the United States. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2009 Jan-Feb; 49(1):43-50. Landau S, Besinque K, Chung F, Dries-Daffner I, Maderas NM, McGhee BT, Foster DG. PMID: 19196596.
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Cost savings from the provision of specific methods of contraception in a publicly funded program. Am J Public Health. 2009 Mar; 99(3):446-51. Foster DG, Rostovtseva DP, Brindis CD, Biggs MA, Hulett D, Darney PD. PMID: 18703437; PMCID: PMC2661445.
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Family planning and life planning reproductive intentions among individuals seeking reproductive health care. Womens Health Issues. 2008 Sep-Oct; 18(5):351-9. Foster DG, Biggs MA, Ralph LJ, Arons A, Brindis CD. PMID: 18485738.
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Predictors of delay in each step leading to an abortion. Contraception. 2008 Apr; 77(4):289-93. Foster DG, Jackson RA, Cosby K, Weitz TA, Darney PD, Drey EA. PMID: 18342653.
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Public savings from the prevention of unintended pregnancy: a cost analysis of family planning services in California. Health Serv Res. 2007 Oct; 42(5):1960-80. Amaral G, Foster DG, Biggs MA, Jasik CB, Judd S, Brindis CD. PMID: 17850528; PMCID: PMC2254565.
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Risk factors for repeat elective abortion. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Dec; 197(6):575.e1-6. Prager SW, Steinauer JE, Foster DG, Darney PD, Drey EA. PMID: 17904511.
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Pharmacy access to emergency contraception in rural and frontier communities. J Rural Health. 2007; 23(4):294-8. Bigbee JL, Abood R, Landau SC, Maderas NM, Foster DG, Ravnan S. PMID: 17868235.
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Trends in knowledge of emergency contraception among women in California, 1999-2004. Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jan-Feb; 17(1):22-8. Foster DG, Ralph LJ, Arons A, Brindis CD, Harper CC. PMID: 17321944.
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Number of oral contraceptive pill packages dispensed, method continuation, and costs. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Nov; 108(5):1107-14. Foster DG, Parvataneni R, de Bocanegra HT, Lewis C, Bradsberry M, Darney P. PMID: 17077231.
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Pharmacy access to emergency contraception in California. Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2006 Mar; 38(1):46-52. Foster DG, Landau SC, Monastersky N, Chung F, Kim N, Melton M, McGhee BT, Stewart F. PMID: 16554271.
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Risk factors associated with presenting for abortion in the second trimester. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan; 107(1):128-35. Drey EA, Foster DG, Jackson RA, Lee SJ, Cardenas LH, Darney PD. PMID: 16394050.
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Willing and able? Provision of medication for abortion by future internists. Womens Health Issues. 2005 Jan-Feb; 15(1):39-44. Schwarz EB, Luetkemeyer A, Foster DG, Weitz TA, Lindes D, Stewart FH. PMID: 15661586.
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Expanded state-funded family planning services: estimating pregnancies averted by the Family PACT Program in California, 1997-1998. Am J Public Health. 2004 Aug; 94(8):1341-6. Foster DG, Klaisle CM, Blum M, Bradsberry ME, Brindis CD, Stewart FH. PMID: 15284041; PMCID: PMC1448453.
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Knowledge of emergency contraception among women aged 18 to 44 in California. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Jul; 191(1):150-6. Foster DG, Harper CC, Bley JJ, Mikanda JJ, Induni M, Saviano EC, Stewart FH. PMID: 15295356.
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