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Lancet Global Health, 2020 BACKGROUND Unintended pregnancy and abortion estimates document trends in sexual and reproductive health and autonomy. These estimates inform and motivate investment in global health programmes and policies.
J. Bearak +7 more
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Judicial Lawfare: Analysis of Legal Arguments against Abortion Rights in Peruvian Courts
Revista 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
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The regulatory cliff edge between contraception and abortion: the legal and moral significance of implantation [PDF]
, 2015 In regulating the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, English law has accorded particular significance to two biological events. First, ‘viability’, the moment when a fetus is said to acquire the capacity for independent life, plays an important role in
Sheldon, S., Sheldon, Sally
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Denial of legal abortion in Nepal [PDF]
PLOS 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
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Legal and policy responses to the delivery of abortion care during COVID‐19
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2020 Access to abortion care has long been a global challenge, even in jurisdictions where abortion is legal. The COVID‐19 pandemic has exacerbated barriers to access, thereby preventing many women from terminating unwanted pregnancies for an extended period.
E. C. Romanis, J. Parsons
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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2021 We can find numerous international treaties and legal documents that support women’s choice for safe and legal abortion. However, there are constant different, incompatible and even opposing discourses around abortion globally. This paper examines a 2016
Gao Xueying
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Abortion care in Ireland: Developing legal and ethical frameworks for conscientious provision
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2020 This article celebrates the remarkable changes which have occurred in the provision of abortion care in Ireland following the vote to remove the restrictive Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland in May 2018.
M. Donnelly, C. Murray
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 INTRODUCTION : abortion in Zimbabwe is allowed to preserve the physical health of the woman, or in cases of rape, incest, or fetal impairment. Access even under these conditions is difficult and rare.
Mugove Gerald Madziyire +4 more
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Knowledge of the abortion legislation among South African women: a cross-sectional study
Reproductive Health, 2006 Background In order to ensure that legalized abortion in South Africa improves reproductive health, women must know that abortion is a legal option in the case of unwanted pregnancy.
Myer Landon +2 more
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2020 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) forces governments to consider not only how services will be provided – but which services – and to whom, when, where, how and at what cost.
Godfrey Kangaude +2 more
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