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Transgender Youth's Perspectives on Factors Influencing Intended and Unintended Pregnancies.

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

Published 2023 in Women's reproductive health

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Drawing on data from focus groups with 152 trans youth aged 14-18 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.

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