Antonia Biggs, PhD
Associate Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Publications (101)

Top publication keywords:
Abortion, LegalFamily Planning ServicesContraception, PostcoitalPregnancy, UnwantedSelf-ManagementPregnancyAbortion, InducedMisoprostolContraceptionReproductive Health ServicesAbortion, SpontaneousHealth Services AccessibilityContraception BehaviorIntrauterine DevicesAbortion Applicants

• Abortion pills on TV: An exploratory study of the associations between abortion plotline viewership and beliefs regarding in-clinic and self-managed medication abortion.
  Contraception 2024 Herold S, Morris N, Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Sisson G
• Effectiveness and safety of telehealth medication abortion in the USA.
  Nature medicine 2024 Upadhyay UD, Koenig LR, Meckstroth K, Ko J, Valladares ES, Biggs MA
• Is legal recreational cannabis associated with cannabis use during pregnancy, beliefs about safety, and perceived community stigma?
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2024 Raifman S, Biggs MA, Rocca C, Roberts SCM
• Support for criminalization of self-managed abortion (SMA): A national representative survey.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2023 Biggs MA, Becker A, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Scott K, Grossman D, Raifman S, Ralph L
• Access to Reproductive Health Services Among People With Disabilities.
  JAMA network open 2023 Biggs MA, Schroeder R, Casebolt MT, Laureano BI, Wilson-Beattie RL, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Adler A, Gichane MW

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• Accuracy of Self-assessment of Gestational Duration Among Adolescents Seeking Abortion Using Information in Addition to Date of Last Menstrual Period.
  JAMA pediatrics 2023 Ralph L, Biggs MA, Ehrenreich K, Grossman D
• Association of Mandatory Warning Signs for Cannabis Use During Pregnancy With Cannabis Use Beliefs and Behaviors.
  JAMA network open 2023 Roberts SCM, Zaugg C, Biggs MA
• Awareness of medication abortion among a nationally representative U.S. sample, 2021-2022.
  Contraception 2023 Kaller S, Upadhyay UD, Ralph LJ, Schroeder R, Biggs MA
• Changes in the Frequency and Type of Barriers to Reproductive Health Care Between 2017 and 2021.
  JAMA network open 2023 Adler A, Biggs MA, Kaller S, Schroeder R, Ralph L
• Abortion terminology preferences: a cross-sectional survey of people accessing abortion care.
  BMC women's health 2023 Kaller S, Ralph L, Wingo E, Biggs MA
• Reasons for Having Unprotected Sex Among Adolescents and Young Adults Accessing Reproductive Health Services.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2022 Nathan SF, Berglas NF, Kaller S, Mays A, Biggs MA
• Commentary: The Turnaway Study: A case of self-correction in science upended by political motivation and unvetted findings.
  Frontiers in psychology 2022 Biggs A, Foster DG, Gould H, Kimport K, Ralph L, Roberts S, Rocca C, Sisson G, Upadhyay U, Woodruff K
• Intimate relationships after receiving versus being denied an abortion: A 5-year prospective study in the United States.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2022 Upadhyay UD, Foster DG, Gould H, Biggs MA
• Unwanted abortion disclosure and social support in the abortion decision and mental health symptoms: A cross-sectional survey.
  Contraception 2022 Biggs MA, Driver M, Kaller S, Ralph LJ
• Development of a Spanish-language drug facts label prototype for a combination mifepristone and misoprostol medication abortion product.
  Contraception 2022 Biggs MA, Serrano S, Valladares ES, Grossman D
• Mental Health Implications of Abortion Restrictions for Historically Marginalized Populations.
  The New England journal of medicine 2022 Ogbu-Nwobodo L, Shim RS, Vinson SY, Fitelson EM, Biggs MA, McLemore MR, Thomas M, Godzich M, Mangurian C
• Relationship between mandatory warning signs for cannabis use during pregnancy policies and birth outcomes in the Western United States.
  Preventive medicine 2022 Roberts SCM, Raifman S, Biggs MA
• A cross-sectional study examining consideration of self-managed abortion among people seeking facility-based care in the United States.
  Reproductive health 2022 Ralph L, Ehrenreich K, Kaller S, Biggs MA
• Forecasting the mental health harms of overturning Roe v Wade.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2022 Biggs MA, Rocca C
• Comprehension of an Over-the-Counter Drug Facts Label Prototype for a Mifepristone and Misoprostol Medication Abortion Product.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2022 Biggs MA, Ehrenreich K, Morris N, Blanchard K, Bustamante CK, Choimorrow SY, Hauser D, Hernandez Y, Kapp N, Kromenaker T, Moayedi G, Perritt JB, Ralph L, Raymond EG, Valladares ES, White K, Grossman D
• A cross-sectional survey of U.S. abortion patients' interest in obtaining medication abortion over the counter.
  Contraception 2022 Biggs MA, Ralph L, Morris N, Ehrenreich K, Perritt J, Kapp N, Blanchard K, White K, Barar R, Grossman D
• Accuracy of self-assessment of gestational duration among people seeking abortion.
  American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2021 Ralph LJ, Ehrenreich K, Barar R, Biggs MA, Morris N, Blanchard K, Kapp N, Moayedi G, Perritt J, Raymond EG, White K, Grossman D
• Making the case for advance provision of mifepristone and misoprostol for abortion in the United States.
  BMJ sexual & reproductive health 2021 Ehrenreich K, Biggs MA, Grossman D
• Mail-order pharmacy dispensing of mifepristone for medication abortion after in-person clinical assessment.
  Contraception 2021 Grossman D, Raifman S, Morris N, Arena A, Bachrach L, Beaman J, Biggs MA, Hannum C, Ho S, Schwarz EB, Gold M
• Timing of pregnancy discovery among women seeking abortion.
  Contraception 2021 Foster DG, Gould H, Biggs MA
• Pharmacists' knowledge, perspectives, and experiences with mifepristone dispensing for medication abortion.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2021 Kaller S, Morris N, Biggs MA, Baba CF, Rafie S, Raine-Bennett TR, Creinin MD, Berry E, Micks EA, Meckstroth KR, Averbach S, Grossman D
• "I'll just deal with this on my own": a qualitative exploration of experiences with self-managed abortion in the United States.
  Reproductive health 2021 Raifman S, Ralph L, Biggs MA, Grossman D
• Pre-Abortion Informed Consent Through Telemedicine vs. in Person: Differences in Patient Demographics and Visit Satisfaction.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2021 Kaller S, Daniel S, Raifman S, Biggs MA, Grossman D
• Medication Abortion With Pharmacist Dispensing of Mifepristone.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2021 Grossman D, Baba CF, Kaller S, Biggs MA, Raifman S, Gurazada T, Rafie S, Averbach S, Meckstroth KR, Micks EA, Berry E, Raine-Bennett TR, Creinin MD
• The Role of Health Care Providers in Young Women's Attitudes about and Willingness to Use Emergency Contraceptive Pills.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2021 Berglas NF, Kaller S, Mays A, Biggs MA
• "It's Worked Well for Me": Young Women's Reasons for Choosing Lower-Efficacy Contraceptive Methods.
  Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 2021 Berglas NF, Kimport K, Mays A, Kaller S, Biggs MA
• Abortion method preference among people presenting for abortion care.
  Contraception 2020 Wingo E, Ralph LJ, Kaller S, Biggs MA
• Chilean Medical and Midwifery Faculty's Views on Conscientious Objection for Abortion Services.
  International perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2020 Casas L, Freedman L, Ramm A, Correa S, Baba CF, Biggs MA
• Developing and validating the Psychosocial Burden among people Seeking Abortion Scale (PB-SAS).
  PloS one 2020 Biggs MA, Neilands TB, Kaller S, Wingo E, Ralph LJ
• Prevalence of Self-Managed Abortion Among Women of Reproductive Age in the United States.
  JAMA network open 2020 Ralph L, Foster DG, Raifman S, Biggs MA, Samari G, Upadhyay U, Gerdts C, Grossman D
• The Fine Line Between Informing and Coercing: Community Health Center Clinicians' Approaches to Counseling Young People About IUDs.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2020 Biggs MA, Tome L, Mays A, Kaller S, Harper CC, Freedman L
• Fertility intentions and recent births among US abortion patients.
  Contraception 2020 Jones RK, Foster DG, Biggs MA
• Reasons for and Logistical Burdens of Judicial Bypass for Abortion in Illinois.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020 Ralph LJ, Chaiten L, Werth E, Daniel S, Brindis CD, Biggs MA
• "Obviously there is a conflict between confidentiality and what you are required to do by law": Chilean university faculty and student perspectives on reporting unlawful abortions.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2020 Ramm A, Casas L, Correa S, Baba CF, Biggs MA
• Provider Practices and Young Women's Experiences with Provider Self-disclosure during Emergency Contraceptive Visits.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2020 Cheeks M, Kaller S, Mays A, Biggs MA
• Medical and midwifery students' views on the use of conscientious objection in abortion care, following legal reform in Chile: a cross-sectional study.
  BMC medical ethics 2020 Biggs MA, Casas L, Ramm A, Baba CF, Correa SP
• The effect of receiving versus being denied an abortion on making and achieving aspirational 5-year life plans.
  BMJ sexual & reproductive health 2020 McCarthy MA, Upadhyay U, Ralph L, Biggs MA, Foster DG
• Medical and midwifery student attitudes toward moral acceptability and legality of abortion, following decriminalization of abortion in Chile.
  Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives 2020 Baba CF, Casas L, Ramm A, Correa S, Biggs MA
• Perceived abortion stigma and psychological well-being over five years after receiving or being denied an abortion.
  PloS one 2020 Biggs MA, Brown K, Foster DG
• Exploring young women's reasons for adopting intrauterine or oral emergency contraception in the United States: a qualitative study.
  BMC women's health 2020 Kaller S, Mays A, Freedman L, Harper CC, Biggs MA
• A Prospective Cohort Study of the Effect of Receiving versus Being Denied an Abortion on Educational Attainment.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2019 Ralph LJ, Mauldon J, Biggs MA, Foster DG
• Future health providers' willingness to provide abortion services following decriminalisation of abortion in Chile: a cross-sectional survey.
  BMJ open 2019 Biggs MA, Casas L, Ramm A, Baba CF, Correa SV, Grossman D
• Support for and interest in alternative models of medication abortion provision among a national probability sample of U.S. women.
  Contraception 2018 Biggs MA, Ralph L, Raifman S, Foster DG, Grossman D
• Comparison of Health, Development, Maternal Bonding, and Poverty Among Children Born After Denial of Abortion vs After Pregnancies Subsequent to an Abortion.
  JAMA pediatrics 2018 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Raifman S, Gipson J, Kimport K, Rocca CH
• Effects of Carrying an Unwanted Pregnancy to Term on Women's Existing Children.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2018 Foster DG, Raifman SE, Gipson JD, Rocca CH, Biggs MA
• 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 2018 Biggs MA, Kimport K, Mays A, Kaller S, Berglas NF
• Five-Year Suicidal Ideation Trajectories Among Women Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2018 Biggs MA, Gould H, Barar RE, Foster DG
• Do School-Based Programs Prevent HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research 2018 Mirzazadeh A, Biggs MA, Viitanen A, Horvath H, Wang LY, Dunville R, Barrios LC, Kahn JG, Marseille E
• Effectiveness of School-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs in the USA: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research 2018 Marseille E, Mirzazadeh A, Biggs MA, P Miller A, Horvath H, Lightfoot M, Malekinejad M, Kahn JG
• Attitudes Toward Abortion After Receiving vs. Being Denied an Abortion in the USA.
  Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP 2018 Woodruff K, Biggs MA, Gould H, Foster DG
• Changes in Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use Over Five Years After Receiving Versus Being Denied a Pregnancy Termination.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2018 Roberts SCM, Foster DG, Gould H, Biggs MA
• Expanding the Abortion Provider Workforce: A Qualitative Study of Organizations Implementing a New California Policy.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2018 Battistelli MF, Magnusson S, Biggs MA, Freedman L
• Socioeconomic Outcomes of Women Who Receive and Women Who Are Denied Wanted Abortions in the United States.
  American journal of public health 2018 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Ralph L, Gerdts C, Roberts S, Glymour MM
• "Birth Control can Easily Take a Back Seat": Challenges Providing IUDs in Community Health Care Settings.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2018 Biggs MA, Kaller S, Harper CC, Freedman L, Mays AR
• The Impact of a Parental Notification Requirement on Illinois Minors' Access to and Decision-Making Around Abortion.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2017 Ralph LJ, King E, Belusa E, Foster DG, Brindis CD, Biggs MA
• Predictors of timing of pregnancy discovery.
  Contraception 2017 McCarthy M, Upadhyay U, Biggs MA, Anthony R, Holl J, Roberts SC
• Role of Insurance Coverage in Contraceptive Use After Abortion.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2017 Biggs MA, Taylor D, Upadhyay UD
• Fatal flaws in recent analysis on the risk of premature death following teenage abortion and childbirth.
  European journal of public health 2017 Biggs MA, Roberts SCM
• Postgraduate Experiences With an Advanced Reproductive Health and Abortion Training and Leadership Program.
  Family medicine 2017 Block A, Dehlendorf C, Biggs MA, McNeil S, Goodman S
• Can stories reduce abortion stigma? Findings from a longitudinal cohort study.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2017 Cockrill K, Biggs A
• Mental Health Outcomes After Having or Being Denied an Abortion-Reply.
  JAMA psychiatry 2017 Biggs MA, Upadhyay UD, Foster DG
• The Role of Publicly Funded Family Planning Sites In Health Insurance Enrollment.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2017 Yarger J, Daniel S, Biggs MA, Malvin J, Brindis CD
• Women's Mental Health and Well-being 5 Years After Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion: A Prospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study.
  JAMA psychiatry 2017 Biggs MA, Upadhyay UD, McCulloch CE, Foster DG
• Does abortion increase women's risk for post-traumatic stress? Findings from a prospective longitudinal cohort study.
  BMJ open 2016 Biggs MA, Rowland B, McCulloch CE, Foster DG
• The effect of abortion on having and achieving aspirational one-year plans.
  BMC women's health 2015 Upadhyay UD, Biggs MA, Foster DG
• Projections and opinions from 100 experts in long-acting reversible contraception.
  Contraception 2015 Foster DG, Barar R, Gould H, Gomez I, Nguyen D, Biggs MA
• Mental Health Diagnoses 3 Years After Receiving or Being Denied an Abortion in the United States.
  American journal of public health 2015 Biggs MA, Neuhaus JM, Foster DG
• California Family Planning Health Care Providers' Challenges to Same-Day Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Provision.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2015 Biggs MA, Harper CC, Brindis CD
• Potential public sector cost-savings from over-the-counter access to oral contraceptives.
  Contraception 2015 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Phillips KA, Grindlay K, Grossman D
• A comparison of depression and anxiety symptom trajectories between women who had an abortion and women denied one.
  Psychological medicine 2015 Foster DG, Steinberg JR, Roberts SC, Neuhaus J, Biggs MA
• Did increasing use of highly effective contraception contribute to declining abortions in Iowa?
  Contraception 2014 Biggs MA, Rocca CH, Brindis CD, Hirsch H, Grossman D
• Risk of violence from the man involved in the pregnancy after receiving or being denied an abortion.
  BMC medicine 2014 Roberts SC, Biggs MA, Chibber KS, Gould H, Rocca CH, Foster DG
• Perceived stress and emotional social support among women who are denied or receive abortions in the United States: a prospective cohort study.
  BMC women's health 2014 Harris LF, Roberts SC, Biggs MA, Rocca CH, Foster DG
• Does abortion reduce self-esteem and life satisfaction?
  Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2014 Biggs MA, Upadhyay UD, Steinberg JR, Foster DG
• Factors influencing the provision of long-acting reversible contraception in California.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2014 Biggs MA, Harper CC, Malvin J, Brindis CD
• The role of intimate partners in women's reasons for seeking abortion.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2014 Chibber KS, Biggs MA, Roberts SC, Foster DG
• Understanding why women seek abortions in the US.
  BMC women's health 2013 Biggs MA, Gould H, Foster DG
• Cost-savings from the provision of specific contraceptive methods in 2009.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2013 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Malvin J, Bradsberry M, Darney P, Brindis CD
• Same-day LARC insertion attitudes and practices.
  Contraception 2013 Biggs MA, Arons A, Turner R, Brindis CD
• Limited socioeconomic opportunities and Latina teen childbearing: a qualitative study of family and structural factors affecting future expectations.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2013 Minnis AM, Marchi K, Ralph L, Biggs MA, Combellick S, Arons A, Brindis CD, Braveman P
• Interest in a pericoital pill among women in family planning and abortion clinics.
  Contraception 2013 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Grossman D, Schwarz EB
• Educational barriers, social isolation, and stable romantic relationships among pregnant immigrant Latina teens.
  Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses 2013 Biggs MA, Combellick S, Arons A, Brindis CD
• Misunderstanding the risk of conception from unprotected and protected sex.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2012 Biggs MA, Foster DG
• Unprotected intercourse among women wanting to avoid pregnancy: attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2012 Biggs MA, Karasek D, Foster DG
• Estimating the fertility effect of expansions of publicly funded family planning services in California.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2011 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Rostovtseva D, de Bocanegra HT, Darney PD, Brindis CD
• Latina adolescents' perceptions of their male partners' influences on childbearing: findings from a qualitative study in California.
  Culture, health & sexuality 2011 Schwartz SL, Brindis CD, Ralph LJ, Biggs MA
• Willingness to have unprotected sex.
  Journal of sex research 2011 Foster DG, Higgins JA, Biggs MA, McCain C, Holtby S, Brindis CD
• Factors Associated with Delayed Childbearing: From the Voices of Expectant Latina Adults and Teens in California
  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2010; 32:77-103. 2010 Biggs MA, Ralph L, Minnis A, Arons A, Marchi K, Lehrer J, Braveman P, Brindis C.
• Cost savings from the provision of specific methods of contraception in a publicly funded program.
  American journal of public health 2008 Foster DG, Rostovtseva DP, Brindis CD, Biggs MA, Hulett D, Darney PD
• Family planning and life planning reproductive intentions among individuals seeking reproductive health care.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2008 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Ralph LJ, Arons A, Brindis CD
• Public savings from the prevention of unintended pregnancy: a cost analysis of family planning services in California.
  Health services research 2007 Amaral G, Foster DG, Biggs MA, Jasik CB, Judd S, Brindis CD
• Estimates of pregnancies averted through California's family planning waiver program in 2002.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2006 Foster DG, Biggs MA, Amaral G, Brindis C, Navarro S, Bradsberry M, Stewart F
• Integrating Chlamydia trachomatis control services for males in female reproductive health programs.
  Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health 2003 McConnell JK, Packel L, Biggs MA, Chow JM, Brindis C
• Meeting the reproductive health care needs of adolescents: California's Family Planning Access, Care, and Treatment Program.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2003 Brindis CD, Llewelyn L, Marie K, Blum M, Biggs A, Maternowska C
• Adolescent Latino reproductive health: A review of the literature
  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 2001 Driscoll AK, Biggs AM, Brindis CD, Yankah E
• Maternal moods predict breastfeeding in Barbados.
  Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 1999 Galler JR, Harrison RH, Biggs MA, Ramsey F, Forde V