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ILLEGAL ABORTION IN INDONESIAN MEDIA: A CONTENT ANALYSIS
Lire Journal, 2023 Abortion is a complex issue. On the one hand, abortion is an illegal act according to positive law and is prohibited by religion in Indonesia. On the other hand, abortion is a shortcut to solving unwanted pregnancies by married and unmarried couples ...
Susiati Susiati +2 more
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ABORTION IN AFRICA: THE CAMEROON MODEL POLICY BRIEF
Geopolitic and Geostrategic Intelligence, 2021 The performance of illegal abortion remains one of the biggest issues in Cameroon today, making the Cameroonian government stick with the 2007 Penalty code.
H. ZAERIA
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A Critical Introspection of Abortion Laws in Nigeria
ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO, 2022 An abortion is a procedure to end pregnancy, either by surgery or Medicine. The procedure is expected to be done by a licensed health care professional.
Ifeoluwayimika Bamidele, Precious Fasuyi
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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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Illegal Abortion: Truth vs. Fiction [PDF]
, 2022 Numerous factual errors are made regarding the issue of abortion. These false claims are made in an attempt to scuttle efforts to restrict abortion. Some of the most frequent claims pertain to the effectiveness of pro-life laws themselves. One such claim
Looker, Andrew T, Jr.
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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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'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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Abortion services in South Africa : challenges and barriers to safe abortion care : health care providers' perspectives [PDF]
, 2010 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-213).Unsafe abortion is a preventable phenomenon and continues to be a major public health problem in many countries especially in the developing world.
Harries, Jane
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