This article explores the criminal regulation of misoprostol as a controlled drug in Brazil as a
new form of abortion criminalization. A qualitative analysis of Brazilian case law shows how …

In the aftermath of the introduction of severe restrictions on abortion in several US states,
some activists have argued that providing widespread access to an abortive drug …

This paper examines the double life of misoprostol in Brazil, where it is illegally used by
women as an abortifacient and legally used in obstetric hospital wards. Based on my …

Misoprostol is used by women in Brazil in case of unwanted pregnancy to attempt abortion.
This paper reports the characteristics, pattern of misoprostol use and opinions of a group of …

This paper is about a drug called misoprostol and its controversial clinical and social lives.
Although originally developed as a prevention for gastric ulcers, in the 1980s, it developed …

On any given day in Cuernavaca, Cape Town, Quezon City or Calcutta, a woman with an
unwanted pregnancy seeks out misoprostol to have an abortion. She does not visit a doctor …

This article examines, from a human rights perspective, the experience of women, and the
practices of health care providers regarding abortion in Chile. Most abortions, as high as …

In order to uphold the international human rights to life and health, national governments
must reduce death from abortions, decriminalize abortion, and provide access to medical …

At the conference “Developing an Advocacy Agenda for Abortion in the 21st Century and
Making Change Happen” held on 5–7 September 2018, Lisbon, Portugal, organized by the …

In Brazil, abortion is only permitted to save the woman's life or in cases of rape. The principal
effect of legal restrictions is not to make induced abortion practice less prevalent but to force …