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Awareness of Abortion Legality and Safe Abortion Uptake in Ghana: Assessing the Moderating Role of Education in a Cross‐Sectional Study [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Science Reports
Background and Aims Although awareness of abortion legality has been associated with reproductive health service utilization, little is known about whether legal awareness influences safe abortion uptake in Ghana or whether educational attainment ...
Emmanuel Banchani   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

“Avoiding the battle or deliberately opaque? Fair labelling and accessible language in the abortion debate”. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A visual presentation of the outmoded, frequently opaque and confusing language used in abortion regulation, professional guidance, related literature and debate.
Wale, Jeffrey
core   +9 more sources

'This Is Real Misery': Experiences of Women Denied Legal Abortion in Tunisia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +1 more source

Women’s demand for late-term abortion: A social or psychiatric issue? [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014
Introduction/Aim. Induced termination of unwanted pregnancy after 12th gestational week (late-term abortion) is legally restricted in Serbia as well as in many other countries.
Nikolić Gordana   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We have to make sure you meet certain criteria”: exploring patient experiences of the criminalisation of abortion in Australia

open access: yesPublic Health Research & Practice, 2021
Introduction: Nine different sets of laws govern abortion in Australia, and the criteria for an abortion to be considered lawful varies considerably by jurisdiction.
Kathryn J LaRoche   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abortion and the COVID-19 pandemic: insights for Latin America

open access: yesCadernos de Saúde Pública, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic may accentuate existing problems, hindering access to legal abortion, with a consequent increase in unsafe abortions. This scenario may be even worse in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where abortion ...
Flávia Bulegon Pilecco   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decidual natural killer cells in recurrent spontaneous abortions [PDF]

open access: yesVojnosanitetski Pregled, 2011
Background/Aim. A repeated or habitual miscarriage (PSP) is defined as three or more consecutive losses of pregnancy. In the first three months of pregnancy, habitual miscarriages occur in about 1% of pregnant women, out of which 50% are of an unknown
Radović-Janošević Dragana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

EFFECTS OF LEGAL ABORTION ON GYNAECOLOGY [PDF]

open access: yesObstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1972
The effect of the Abortion Act on gynaecological work in one provincial teaching hospital is that despite an increase in patient turnover of 45% the waiting list has increased by 200%. It is suggested that the Act has had little effect on the birth rate or illegitimacy and that there may have been an increase in criminal abortion.
A H, John, B, Hackman
openaire   +2 more sources

Judicial Lawfare: Analysis of Legal Arguments against Abortion Rights in Peruvian Courts

open access: yesRevista Direito GV, 2021
This article analyzes the puzzling case of Peru, a country highlighted as an example of the internationalization of sexual and reproductive health and rights norms through supranational litigation, but where these legal victories have not prompted an ...
Camila Gianella, Brenda Álvarez
doaj   +1 more source

Denial of legal abortion in Nepal [PDF]

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2023
Introduction In Nepal, abortion is legal on request through 12 weeks of pregnancy and up to 28 weeks for health and other reasons. Abortion is available at public facilities at no cost and by trained private providers. Yet, over half of abortions are provided outside this legal system.
Mahesh C. Puri   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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