In Mexico, recent political events have drawn increased public attention to the subject of
abortion. In 2000, using a national probability sample, we surveyed 3,000 Mexicans aged 15 …

In opposition to Mexico City's legalization of first‐trimester abortion, 17 Mexican states (53
percent) have introduced initiatives or reforms to ban abortion entirely, and other states have …

Abortion laws in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are highly restrictive and may not
reflect public opinion on the issue. This article synthesizes the survey literature on attitudes …

OBJECTIVE: We aim to assess the opinions of Mexicans in the state of Tlaxcala on abortion
and other topics concerning women's reproductive health and status in society. MATERIAL …

This article presents findings from three opinion surveys conducted among representative
samples of Mexico City residents: the first one immediately prior to the groundbreaking …

In April 2007, the Mexico City, Mexico, legislature passed landmark legislation
decriminalizing elective abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. In Mexico City, safe …

Over 500,000 clandestine abortions occur annually in Mexico, many under unfavourable
health conditions. An uneasy silence about this situation has long prevailed. Since the …

This study examines the experiences and opinions of health‐care professionals after the
legalization of abortion in Mexico City in 2007. Sixty‐four semistructured interviews were …

Abstract Background In Argentina, abortion has been decriminalized under certain
circumstances since the enactment of the Penal Code in 1922. Nevertheless, access to …

As for most of its Caribbean neighbours, Trinidad and Tobago's leading cause of maternal
morbidity is unsafe abortion. Yet activism to introduce public policy and legislation that …