Abortion in Latin America: Changes in Practice, Growing Conflict, and Recent Policy Developments  

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Kulczycki, Andrzej

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Studies in Family Planning vol. 42 no. 03 (Sep. 2011), page 199-220.
Topik: Abortion Practice; Repdroductive Health Context; Abortion related service; Legal development

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: S26 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Latin America is undergoing profound social economic, political demographic, and epidemiologie change. Reproductive health indicators have generally improved over the past two decades, but most pregnancies are still unintended and more than 4 million are terminated annually. Clandestine abortions necessitated by restrictive legal and social structures cause more than 1,000 deaths and 500,000 hospitalizations per year, primarily among poor and marginalized women. Abortions are becoming safer and less frequent, however, as a consequence of increased modern contraceptive use, misoprostol adoption, emergency contraception availability, and postabortion care provision, notwithstanding many impediments to these changes. Advocacy and conflict over abortion have grown. The contested policy shifts include Mexico City's 2007 legalization of first-trimester abortion. Drawing on numerous sources of evidence, this article provides a regional analysis of the rapidly changing practice and context of abortion in Latin America, and examines emerging issues, legal and policy developments, and contrasting country situations.

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