Transgender people who give birth are likelier than mothers who identify with their biological sex to have chronic health problems like anxiety and depression, a new study found.
Seven researchers published the study Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examining the records of 256 trans people and 1,255,942 cisgender women in the Medicaid database who delivered a child between 2014 and 2018. They also looked at the commercial insurance records of 1,651 trans people and 1,465,565 cisgender women over the same period.
Additionally, publicly insured trans patients were likelier than women who identified with their birth sex to report alcoholism, drug abuse and “any chronic health issue” such as HIV or liver disease. Their study also found that transgender people had similar rates of severe parental morbidity and preterm birth — and lower rates of cesarean delivery – compared with cisgender women.
The study found that trans people receiving public insurance through Medicaid were younger than cisgender people , less likely to be White and likelier to have a chronic condition like anxiety, depression, respiratory illness and substance abuse.
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