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Abortion in Australia: a legal misconception [PDF]
Australian Health Review, 2005 Abortion is a procedure and practice which has been universally practised in some form since the beginning of recorded history. While deliberate terminations of pregnancy are reported throughout history, all races, cultures and religious groups have sharply divergent and frequently irreconcilable opinions on this highly controversial subject ...
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Reproductive HealthBackground Knowledge of the conditions under which abortion is legal is important so that people can advocate for their right to abortion care. Yet minimal research has explored the association between women’s knowledge of abortion legality and the ...
Grace Sheehy +5 more
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The Unique Landscape of Abortion Law and Access in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2019 Abortion remains a highly debated topic in women’s health in the Middle East and specifically in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT), where it is illegal in most cases. Abortion access is challenging and complex due to laws, hospital policies, and
Sarrah Shahawy
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Women's Awareness and Knowledge of Abortion Laws: A Systematic Review.
PLoS ONE, 2016 BackgroundIncorrect knowledge of laws may affect how women enter the health system or seek services, and it likely contributes to the disconnect between official laws and practical applications of the laws that influence women's access to safe, legal ...
Anisa R Assifi +4 more
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On Finding Yourself in a State of Nature
Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, 2019 I defend the right to an abortion at any stage of pregnancy by drawing on a Kantian account of consent and innate right. I examine how pregnant women are positioned in moral and legal debates about abortion, and develop a Kanitan account of bodily ...
Jordan Pascoe
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The access paradox: abortion law, policy and practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019 Introduction Unsafe abortion is a major contributor to the continued high global maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Legal abortion frameworks and access to sexuality education and contraception have been pointed out as vital to reduce unsafe ...
Astrid Blystad +6 more
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Sexual and Reproductive Health MattersLandmark legislative events can shift public opinion. We conducted a longitudinal survey examining abortion attitudes before and after Dobbs v. Jackson which overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
Xiana Bueno +5 more
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The Gambia’s Political Transition to Democracy: Is Abortion Reform Possible? [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2019 The aim of this paper is to assess The Gambia’s laws on abortion. It argues that the restrictive laws on abortion are less a function of religious doctrine and more due to the historical and contemporary structure of the Gambian state, influenced by ...
Satang Nabaneh
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Preventing State Harassment of Abortion Providers: The Work of the Legal Support Network in Latin America and East Africa [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2019 Access to safe abortion care is threatened, especially in legally restrictive settings, when providers are harassed or prosecuted on spurious charges. Legal networks have been working with safe abortion providers in Latin America since 2006, and in East ...
Ximena Casas +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2017 BackgroundReproductive health outcomes among women from Burma who live along the Thailand-Burma border demonstrate an unmet need for access to safe abortion services. In 2014, a multi-national team launched a collaborative three-year initiative to expand
Grady Arnott +3 more
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