Implementation of legal abortion in Nepal: a model for rapid scale-up of high-quality care
Reproductive Health, 2012 Unsafe abortion's significant contribution to maternal mortality and morbidity was a critical factor leading to liberalization of Nepal's restrictive abortion law in 2002.
Samandari Ghazaleh +4 more
doaj +1 more source
The introduction of legalized abortion in the early 1970s led to dramatic changes in fertility behavior. Some research has suggested as well that there were important impacts on cohort outcomes, but this literature has been limited and controversial.
Phillip B. Levine +3 more
core
Abortion and Human Rights - Health and Human Rights Journal Special Section - [PDF]
, 2017 Special Section: Abortion and Human Rights, Volume 19, Issue 1The June 2017 issue of Health and Human Rights includes a special section on the intersections between abortion and human rights, and in particular the use of legal mobilization around ...
International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion
core
Improving measures of access to legal abortion: A validation study triangulating multiple data sources to assess a global indicator. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Williams CR +15 more
europepmc +1 more source
Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser +2 more
wiley +1 more source
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
doaj
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
doaj +1 more source
Support for Health Insurance Coverage for Legal Abortion in the United States. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Henderson C, Yang PQ.
europepmc +1 more source
Rates of induced abortion in Denmark according to age, previous births and previous abortions [PDF]
Background: Whereas the effects of various socio-demographic determinants on a woman’s risk of having an abortion are relatively well-documented, less attention has been given to the effect of previous abortions and births. Objective: To study the effect
Lisbeth B. Knudsen +3 more
core
Unwanted Pregnancy and Induced Abortion Among Female Youths: A Case Study of Temeke District [PDF]
, 2012 Unwanted pregnancy is the major cause of induced abortion, one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in the world. Hundreds of thousands of women become pregnant without intending to, and many of them decide to end the pregnancies ...
Mamboleo, Neema, Mamboleo, N.
core