“If a woman has even one daughter, I refuse to perform the abortion”: Sex determination and safe abortion in India

Potdar, Pritam; Barua, Alka; Dalvie, Suchitra; Pawar, Anand

doi:10.1016/j.rhm.2015.06.003

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“…Providers have reported that unannounced inspections and harassment by authorities have prompted them to stop providing abortions, especially in the second trimester. 70 Increased communication between those implementing the law and community-level stakeholders is needed to clarify that not all second-trimester terminations are for the purpose of sex selection, to communicate that women are legally entitled under certain circumstances to second-trimester abortion services, and to dispel misconceptions about the legal status of abortion. The MoHFW issued guidance in 2015 for ensuring access to abortion services and addressing gender-biased sex selection, and these guidelines should be fully implemented at the district and provider levels.…”

Section: Educating the Public About Induced Abortionmentioning

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Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Madhya Pradesh, India—2015

Shekhar¹,

Sundaram²,

Hussain³

et al. 2018

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An estimated 1.11 million abortions occurred in Madhya Pradesh in 2015. These included safe and unsafe abortions, and those taking place both in health facilities and in other settings. The state's abortion rate was 57 terminations per 1,000 women of reproductive age. ■ ■ The majority of abortions (69%, or 770,200) took place in nonfacility settings using medical methods of abortion, and 5% (57,300) were performed outside of health facilities using other methods.

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Section: Educating the Public About Induced Abortionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Madhya Pradesh, India—2015

Shekhar¹,

Sundaram²,

Hussain³

et al. 2018

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“…Providers have reported that unannounced inspections and harassment by authorities have prompted them to stop providing abortions, especially in the second trimester. 70 Increased communication between those implementing the law and community-level stakeholders is needed to clarify that not all second-trimester terminations are for the purpose of sex selection, to communicate that women are legally entitled under certain circumstances to second-trimester abortion, and to dispel misconceptions about the legal status of abortion. The MoHFW issued guidance in 2015 for ensuring access to abortion services and addressing gender-biased sex selection, and these guidelines should be fully implemented at the district and provider levels.…”

Section: Educating the Public About Induced Abortionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Gujarat, India—2015

Sahoo¹,

Stillman²,

Frost³

et al. 2018

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An estimated 811,800 abortions occurred in Gujarat in 2015. These included safe and unsafe abortions, and those taking place both in health facilities and in other settings. The state's abortion rate was 48 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. ■ ■ The large majority of abortions (80%, or 647,900) took place in nonfacility settings using medical methods of abortion, and 5% (41,900) were performed outside of health facilities using other methods. ■ ■ Only 15% of abortions (122,000) occurred in health facilities. Private facilities provided most facility-based terminations (81%). ■ ■ An estimated 2,294 facilities in Gujarat provided abortion-related care (induced abortion, postabortion care or both types of services) in 2015; 21% were public and 79% were private. Sixty-nine percent of public facilities reported offering no abortion-related care. ■ ■ The vast majority (96%) of health facility abortions took place in the first trimester of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks' gestation), and two-thirds (68%) occurred at less than eight weeks' gestation. More than half of all facility-based abortions were performed surgically using manual or electric vacuum aspiration (31%) or either dilatation and evacuation or dilatation and curettage (28%). ■ ■ More than half of reproductive-aged women (56%) live in rural areas, where only a minority (31%) of facilities providing any abortionrelated services were located. Among facilities that offered such services, only 3% of public hospitals and 18% of private hospitals-the facilities best equipped to handle severe complications or later-term abortions-were located in rural areas. ■ ■ More than half (53%) of pregnancies occurring in Gujarat in 2015 were unintended. The majority (64%) of these unintended pregnancies ended in an abortion.

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“…Providers have reported that unannounced inspections and harassment by authorities have prompted them to stop providing abortions, especially in the second trimester. 72 Increased communication between those implementing the law and community-level stakeholders is needed to clarify that not all second-trimester terminations are for the purpose of sex selection, to communicate that women are legally entitled under certain circumstances to second-trimester abortion, and to dispel misconceptions about the legal status of abortion. The MoHFW issued guidance in 2015 for ensuring access to abortion services and addressing gender-biased sex selection, and these guidelines should be fully implemented at the district and provider levels.…”

Section: Training Providers and Staffmentioning

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Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Tamil Nadu—2015

Alagarajan¹,

Sundaram²,

Hussain³

et al. 2018

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■ ■ An estimated 707,900 abortions occurred in Tamil Nadu in 2015.These included safe and unsafe abortions, and those taking place both in health facilities and in other settings. The state's abortion rate was 33 terminations per 1,000 women of reproductive age.■ ■ The majority of abortions (63%, or 442,900) took place in nonfacility settings using medical methods of abortion, and 5% (36,500) were performed outside of health facilities using other methods.■ ■ About 32% of abortions (228,600) occurred in health facilities. Private facilities provided the large majority of facility-based terminations (82%).■ ■ An estimated 3,235 facilities in Tamil Nadu provided abortion-related care (induced abortion, postabortion care or both types of services) in 2015; 14% were public and 86% were private. Eighty percent of public facilities reported offering no abortion-related care.■ ■ The vast majority (92%) of health facility abortions took place in the first trimester of pregnancy (up to 12 weeks' gestation), and slightly fewer than half (45%) occurred at less than eight weeks' gestation. Most facility-based abortions were performed surgically using manual or electric vacuum aspiration (20%) or either dilatation and evacuation or dilatation and curettage (36%).■ ■ Although nearly half of women of reproductive age in Tamil Nadu live in rural areas, only 5% of facilities that provide any abortion-related services were located in those areas. Among facilities that offered such services, only about 2% of public and private hospitals-the facilities best equipped to handle severe complications or later-term abortions-were located in rural areas.■ ■ About 43% of pregnancies occurring in Tamil Nadu in 2015 were unintended. The majority (75%) of these unintended pregnancies ended in an abortion. Guttmacher Institute www.guttmacher.orgThis report is part of a larger study titled Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in India (UPAI), which was conducted to provide much-needed information on the incidence of induced abortion and pregnancy, as well as access to and quality of safe abortion services, in six Indian states.

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“If a woman has even one daughter, I refuse to perform the abortion”: Sex determination and safe abortion in India

Cited by 28 publications

References 1 publication

Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Madhya Pradesh, India—2015

Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Madhya Pradesh, India—2015

Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Gujarat, India—2015

Unintended Pregnancy, Abortion and Postabortion Care in Tamil Nadu—2015

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