Table 4 Measures of moral distress by categories of abortion restriction
From: Moral distress among maternal-fetal medicine fellows: a national survey study
Category | States | N (%) | Validated questions Mean (SD) | Supplemental questions Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abortion most restrictive | AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT | 52 (29.4) | 75.2 (35.4) | 29.2 (15.8) |
Abortion restrictive | IA, KS, OH, PA, VA, WI | 27 (15.3) | 92.6 (57.8) | 23.4 (13.6) |
Abortion protective | CO, CT, DC, HI, IL, MA, MI, RI, WA | 42 (23.7) | 98.4 (55.2) | 25.1 (12.8) |
Abortion most protective | CA, MD, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, VT | 56 (31.6) | 83.2 (48.6) | 23.5 (16.2) |