Katrina Kimport, PhD

Full Adjunct Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
[email protected]
+1 415 502-2694

Katrina Kimport, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences of the University of California, San Francisco and Research Sociologist in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program at UCSF. Her research focuses on the (re)production of inequality, with a particular emphasis on gender and sexuality-based inequality.

Publications: 

The experiences and perspectives of abortion seekers who travel for care: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Henderson JT, Ramanadhan S, Kimport K, Foster AM, Paynter RA, Sheridan R, Noyes J

The pleasure, joy and positive emotional experiences of abortion accompaniment after 17 weeks' gestation.

Culture, health & sexuality

Kimport K, McReynolds-Pérez J, Bercu C, Cisternas C, Wilkinson Salamea E, Zurbriggen R, Moseson H

Introduction: The Politics of Abortion 50 Years after Roe.

Journal of health politics, policy and law

Kimport K, Kreitzer R

Commentary: The Turnaway Study: A case of self-correction in science upended by political motivation and unvetted findings.

Frontiers in psychology

Biggs A, Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K, Ralph L, Roberts S, Rocca C, Sisson G, Upadhyay U, Woodruff K

Prenatal Care as a Gateway to Other Health Care: A Qualitative Study.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Ehrenreich K, Kimport K

Making a third-trimester abortion referral: Learning from patients.

Patient education and counseling

Kimport K, Landau C, Sella S

No Real Choice: How Culture and Politics Matter for Reproductive Autonomy

No Real Choice: How Culture and Politics Matter for Reproductive Autonomy

Kimport, Katrina

"It's Worked Well for Me": Young Women's Reasons for Choosing Lower-Efficacy Contraceptive Methods.

Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology

Berglas NF, Kimport K, Mays A, Kaller S, Biggs MA

In-person later abortion accompaniment: a feminist collective-facilitated self-care practice in Latin America.

Sexual and reproductive health matters

Bercu C, Moseson H, McReynolds-Pérez J, Wilkinson Salamea E, Grosso B, Trpin M, Zurbriggen R, Cisternas C, Meza M, Díaz V, Kimport K

Patient-provider communication before and after implementation of the contraceptive decision support tool My Birth Control.

Patient education and counseling

Holt K, Kimport K, Kuppermann M, Fitzpatrick J, Steinauer J, Dehlendorf C

The Health and Social Service Needs of Pregnant Women Who Consider but Do Not Have Abortions.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Berglas NF, Kimport K, Williams V, Mark K, Roberts SCM

Interpreting the Truth: How People Make Sense of New Information about Abortion.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Kimport K, Doty C

Coercing Women's Behavior: How a Mandatory Viewing Law Changes Patients' Preabortion Ultrasound Viewing Practices.

Journal of health politics, policy and law

Kimport K, Johns NE, Upadhyay UD

An in-depth analysis of the use of shared decision making in contraceptive counseling.

Contraception

Chen M, Lindley A, Kimport K, Dehlendorf C

Young Women's Perspectives About the Contraceptive Counseling Received During Their Emergency Contraception Visit.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Biggs MA, Kimport K, Mays A, Kaller S, Berglas NF

Women's experiences of their preabortion ultrasound image printout.

Contraception

Kimport K, Johns NE, Upadhyay UD

What Women Want from Their Health Care Providers about Pregnancy Options Counseling: A Qualitative Study.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

French VA, Steinauer JE, Kimport K

Evaluating the impact of a mandatory pre-abortion ultrasound viewing law: A mixed methods study.

PloS one

Upadhyay UD, Kimport K, Belusa EKO, Johns NE, Laube DW, Roberts SCM

Policy Brief.

Journal of health and social behavior

Kimport K, Weitz TA, Freedman L

The Stratified Legitimacy of Abortions.

Journal of health and social behavior

Kimport K, Weitz TA, Freedman L

Patient-provider conversations about sterilization: A qualitative analysis.

Contraception

Kimport K, Dehlendorf C, Borrero S

Measuring decisional certainty among women seeking abortion.

Contraception

Ralph LJ, Foster DG, Kimport K, Turok D, Roberts SCM

Doctors and Witches, Conscience and Violence: Abortion Provision on American Television.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Sisson G, Kimport K

What women seek from a pregnancy resource center.

Contraception

Kimport K, Dockray JP, Dodson S

Realizing Reproductive Health Equity Needs More Than Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC).

American journal of public health

Gubrium AC, Mann ES, Borrero S, Dehlendorf C, Fields J, Geronimus AT, Gómez AM, Harris LH, Higgins JA, Kimport K, Luker K, Luna Z, Mamo L, Roberts D, Romero D, Sisson G

Decision Rightness and Emotional Responses to Abortion in the United States: A Longitudinal Study.

PloS one

Rocca CH, Kimport K, Roberts SC, Gould H, Neuhaus J, Foster DG

Women's Private Conversations about Abortion: A Qualitative Study.

Women & health

Herold S, Kimport K, Cockrill K

Constructing the meaning of ultrasound viewing in abortion care.

Sociology of health & illness

Kimport K, Weitz TA

A qualitative analysis of approaches to contraceptive counseling.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Dehlendorf C, Kimport K, Levy K, Steinauer J

Out-of-pocket costs and insurance coverage for abortion in the United States.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Roberts SC, Gould H, Kimport K, Weitz TA, Foster DG

Queering Marriage: Challenging Family Formation in the United States

Queering Marriage: Challenging Family Formation in the United States

Katrina Kimport

Relationship between ultrasound viewing and proceeding to abortion.

Obstetrics and gynecology

Gatter M, Kimport K, Foster DG, Weitz TA, Upadhyay UD

Who seeks abortions at or after 20 weeks?

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Foster DG, Kimport K

Women's emotions one week after receiving or being denied an abortion in the United States.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Rocca CH, Kimport K, Gould H, Foster DG

Patient viewing of the ultrasound image prior to abortion.

Contraception

Kimport K, Upadhyay UD, Foster DG, Gatter M, Weitz TA

Effect of abortion protesters on women's emotional response to abortion.

Contraception

Foster DG, Kimport K, Gould H, Roberts SC, Weitz TA

Women's perspectives on ultrasound viewing in the abortion care context.

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health

Kimport K, Preskill F, Cockrill K, Weitz TA

How women anticipate coping after an abortion.

Contraception

Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K

Social sources of women's emotional difficulty after abortion: lessons from women's abortion narratives.

Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health

Kimport K, Foster K, Weitz TA

Digitally Enabled Social Change: Activism in the Internet Age

Digitally Enabled Social Change: Activism in the Internet Age

Jennifer Earl and Katrina Kimport

Role: 
Investigators