| Abortion in Latin America: changes in practice, growing conflict, and recent policy developments. | |
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PMID: 21972673 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Latin America is undergoing profound social, economic, political, demographic, and epidemiologic 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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Andrzej Kulczycki |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Studies in family planning Volume: 42 ISSN: 0039-3665 ISO Abbreviation: Stud Fam Plann Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-10-06 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7810364 Medline TA: Stud Fam Plann Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 199-220 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, 1665 University Boulevard, 320 Ryals Public Health Building, Birmingham, AL 35294-0022, USA. andrzej@uab.edu |
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