Transgender Youth’s Perspectives on Factors Influencing Intended and Unintended Pregnancies

A. J. Lowik; Shams M.F. Al-Anzi; Anurada Amarasekera; Ace Chan; Monica Rana; Allison Salter; Ronita Nath; Michele L. Ybarra; Elizabeth M. Saewyc

doi:10.1080/23293691.2023.2186812

Transgender Youth’s Perspectives on Factors Influencing Intended and Unintended Pregnancies

A. J. Lowik, Shams M.F. Al-Anzi, Anurada Amarasekera, Ace Chan, Monica Rana, Allison Salter, Ronita Nath, Michele L. Ybarra, Elizabeth M. Saewyc

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Abstract

Drawing on data from focus groups with 152 trans youth aged 14 to 18 years in the United States, this article explores the factors that the participants understood as contributing to adolescent pregnancy among trans youth. Youth posited that unintended pregnancies occur due to barriers to contraceptives; a lack of gender-affirming sexual health education; sexual assault and dating violence; and mental health–influenced sexual risk-taking. Participants suggested that intended pregnancies may be a self-development strategy; a self-directed effort to repress/change gender modality or identity; and due to the perceived incompatibility between pregnancy and transition, where pregnancy must occur prior to transitioning.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	572-590
Number of pages	19
Journal	Women's Reproductive Health
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2023.2186812
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Transgender
focus groups
pregnancy
youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Reproductive Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Maternity and Midwifery

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Transgender Youth’s Perspectives on Factors Influencing Intended and Unintended Pregnancies

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