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BMJ Global Health, 2020 Introduction Induced abortion is legally permitted in Ghana under specific conditions, but access to services that meet guidelines approved by government is limited. As part of a larger project comparing five methodologies to estimate abortion incidence,
Chelsea B Polis +7 more
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A systematic review of the research evidence on cross-country features of illegal abortions [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2017 Background: There are contrasting debates about abortions and prohibitory regulations posed serious public health challenges especially in underdeveloped and developing countries.
Farideh Aghaei +2 more
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Knowledge and attitude of schoolgirls about illegal abortions in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2010 Background: Adolescent sexual activity, early pregnancy, induced abortion and the increase in HIV infection have become major concerns in sub-Saharan Africa and understanding adolescent sexual behaviour remains a challenge.
Lussy J. Paluku +3 more
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The Politicization of Abortion and Hippocratic Disobedience in Islamist Sudan [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2019 In Sudan’s Islamist state, abortion is politicized through its association with illegal pregnancy. Fornication is a crime against God punishable with 100 lashes, and pregnancy outside a marriage contract constitutes sufficient evidence of a woman’s ...
Liv Tønnessen, Samia Al-Nagar
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Lost: Illegal Abortion Stories [PDF]
BMJ, 2006 O n 9 January 1968 detectives found Mollie Jamieson at the shop where she worked in Melbourne, Australia, and told her bluntly that her 21 year old daughter, Carolyn, was dead. Mollie and her husband were then interrogated for hours over what they knew of their daughter's illegal abortion. But it was the first they knew of it.
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Abortion practices among women in Buéa: a socio-legal investigation
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 INTRODUCTION: There are controversies surrounding the practice of abortion especially in developing countries of Africa. Cameroon is not an exception to this and hence this study aims at assessing knowledge on the awareness of abortion laws, the factors ...
Mbuwir Charlotte Bongfen +1 more
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Non-marital Pregnancies and Unmarried Women’s Search for Illegal Abortion in Morocco [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2019 Abortion in Morocco is illegal except to safeguard a woman’s life or health. Morocco has put some sexual and reproductive health policies into motion that are in line with the standards defined by the World Health Organization and the United Nations ...
Irene Capelli
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'This Is Real Misery': Experiences of Women Denied Legal Abortion in Tunisia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Barriers to accessing legal abortion services in Tunisia are increasing, despite a liberal abortion law, and women are often denied wanted legal abortion services.
Selma Hajri +4 more
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Legalisation of abortion in a poor-resource setting: nigerian undergraduates' perspectives
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2023 Background: Abortion is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality amongst Nigerian women in a country with restrictive abortion laws. Despite being illegal, abortions are still performed, and about 50% of abortions are performed by untrained ...
Funmito Omolola Fehintola +7 more
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F1000Research, 2018 When conducted in a legal setting and under safe conditions, abortion is an extremely effective and safe procedure. Tragically, almost half of all abortions that take place in the world are conducted under unsafe conditions, mostly in countries where ...
Sharon Cameron
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