Physicians' agreement with and willingness to provide abortion services in the case of pregnancy from rape in Mexico

Silva, Martha; Billings, Deborah L.; García, Sandra G.; Lara, Diana

doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2008.07.016

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“…Marital status was not correlated with opinions in our study, and this lack of finding is consistent with some other studies (Silva et al 2009;Palermo et al 2010;Valencia Rodríguez et al 2011).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Evidence from the region on the relationship between gender and abortion support is mixed (Garcia et al 2004;Palermo et al 2010;Wilson et al 2011;Faúndes et al 2013), as is the relationship with marital status (Duarte Osis et al 1994;Wilson et al 2011;Faúndes et al 2013). Further, while studies from Mexico have shown no relationship with having children (Silva et al 2009;Valencia Rodríguez et al 2011), others from Brazil have shown a positive relationship between support for abortion and number of children the respondent has (Duarte Osis et al 1994;Alves Duarte et al 2002).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…In the existing literature from Latin America, increased levels of education (Cesar et al 1997;Alves Duarte et al 2002;Becker, Garcia, and Larsen 2002;Palermo et al 2010;Valencia Rodríguez et al 2011;Wilson et al 2011;Morán Faúndes 2013;Faúndes et al 2013;Jelen and Doc Bradley 2014), increasing income or socioeconomic status (SES) (Alves Duarte et al 2002;Garcia et al 2004), paid employment (Duarte Osis et al 1994;Palermo et al 2010) and lack of religious affiliation and/or less frequent religious attendance (Gogna et al 2002;Lisker, Carnevale, and Villa 2006;Silva et al 2009;Palermo et al 2010;Wilson et al 2011;Faúndes et al 2013) are associated with increased support for a woman's right to access abortion. Overall, studies from Latin America indicate that increasing age is associated with increased support for abortion (Gogna et al 2002;Garcia et al 2004;Lisker, Carnevale, and Villa 2006;Faúndes et al 2013), though at least one study has found that individuals over the age of 60 are less supportive ) and another found no association (Jelen and Doc Bradley 2014).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Women’s opinions on the legalisation of abortion in Chile 2009–2013

Palermo

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Pinochet

2015

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Chile is one of only four countries in the world where there is no explicit legal exception to prohibitions on abortion, and where the criminalisation of abortion endangers women's health and may be misaligned with public opinion. In this study we explored attitudes towards the legalisation of abortion and differences in levels of support across time. Among Chilean women in 2009 and 2013, we examined: (1) an additive index indicating support for legalisation of abortion in several situations and (2) support for each situation separately. We investigated the demographic characteristics associated with support for legalisation using multivariate regression. Over 70% of women supported the legalisation of abortion in cases of risk to the woman's life, rape and foetal malformation, and support was higher in 2013 compared to 2009 (β = 0.28; 95% CI: 0.12, 0.44). Women with increasing education and those attending church services less frequently were more likely to support the legalisation of abortion (β = 0.27; 95% CI: 0.11, 0.43), while those affiliated to a religion other than Catholicism (β = - 0.32; 95% CI: - 0.48, - 0.16) were less likely to do so. Our study is the first to examine public opinions on abortion in Chile and differences in levels of support across time periods. Results indicate that current policies may not reflect trends in public opinion.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Women’s opinions on the legalisation of abortion in Chile 2009–2013

Palermo

Erazo²,

Pinochet

2015

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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“…Pharmacies usually dispense misoprostol despite the fact that regulations in most countries require that it be sold only under prescription [20-23]. Medical abortion drugs are also accessed through providers in informal settings or on the Internet [19,24,25].…”

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confidence: 99%

Latin American women’s experiences with medical abortion in settings where abortion is legally restricted

2012

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Abortion is legally restricted in most of Latin America where 95% of the 4.4 million abortions performed annually are unsafe.Medical abortion (MA) refers to the use of a drug or a combination of drugs to terminate pregnancy. Mifepristone followed by misoprostol is the most effective and recommended regime. In settings where mifepristone is not available, misoprostol alone is used.Medical abortion has radically changed abortion practices worldwide, and particularly in legally restricted contexts. In Latin America women have been using misoprostol for self-induced home abortions for over two decades.This article summarizes the findings of a literature review on women’s experiences with medical abortion in Latin American countries where voluntary abortion is illegal.Women’s personal experiences with medical abortion are diverse and vary according to context, age, reproductive history, social and educational level, knowledge about medical abortion, and the physical, emotional, and social circumstances linked to the pregnancy. But most importantly, experiences are determined by whether or not women have the chance to access: 1) a medically supervised abortion in a clandestine clinic or 2) complete and accurate information on medical abortion. Other key factors are access to economic resources and emotional support.Women value the safety and effectiveness of MA as well as the privacy that it allows and the possibility of having their partner, a friend or a person of their choice nearby during the process. Women perceive MA as less painful, easier, safer, more practical, less expensive, more natural and less traumatic than other abortion methods. The fact that it is self-induced and that it avoids surgery are also pointed out as advantages. Main disadvantages identified by women are that MA is painful and takes time to complete. Other negatively evaluated aspects have to do with side effects, prolonged bleeding, the possibility that it might not be effective, and the fact that some women eventually need to seek medical care at a hospital where they might be sanctioned for having an abortion and even reported to the police.

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“…En el presente estudio los participantes refirieron, anecdóticamente, que algunos médicos definidos como "objetores" realizan abortos en el ám-bito privado. Comparativamente, otro estudio sobre personal médico y aborto por violación en México reportó que los médicos en el sector público pueden generar barreras para ofrecer el servicio, pero estas mismas barreras desaparecen o son superadas en el ejercicio de la medicina privada (24).…”

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El Programa de Interrupción Legal del Embarazo en la Ciudad de México: experiencias del personal de salud

Dı́az-Olavarrieta

Cravioto

Villalobos

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Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Objetivo. Identificar las percepciones y opiniones del personal proveedor de servicios de aborto en la Ciudad de México, a tres años de la implementación de la reforma de la leyAborto legal; personal de salud; derechos de la mujer; salud reproductiva; salud de la mujer; México. resumen Palabras claveAmérica Latina y el Caribe cuentan con un marco jurídico restrictivo sobre el aborto. Chile y Nicaragua lo prohíben sin excepción, aunque este último lo permitía por razones terapéuticas hasta 2007. En Argentina y Ecuador es legal cuando la vida de la mujer está en peligro, o cuando el embarazo es producto de una violación a una mujer que presenta retraso mental o demencia. Brasil y Panamá lo contemplan en caso de malformaciones congénitas. Belice y Bolivia permiten interrumpir un embarazo para proteger la salud de la mujer. En la mayor parte de la Región, el aborto no es punible cuando la vida de la mujer corre peligro -en 10 países, Guatemala y Haití como ejemplos, esta es la única causal aprobada. En Uruguay y San Vicente y las Granadinas existe la causal de motivos socioeconómicos. El aborto sin restricciones solo está legalizado en ocho países, Cuba y Puerto Rico entre ellos (1).En la capital de México, la despenalización del aborto durante las primeras 12 semanas de gestación (abril de 2007)

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Physicians' agreement with and willingness to provide abortion services in the case of pregnancy from rape in Mexico

Cited by 23 publications

References 17 publications

Women’s opinions on the legalisation of abortion in Chile 2009–2013

Women’s opinions on the legalisation of abortion in Chile 2009–2013

Latin American women’s experiences with medical abortion in settings where abortion is legally restricted

El Programa de Interrupción Legal del Embarazo en la Ciudad de México: experiencias del personal de salud

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