Objective Until 2006, legal induced abortion was completely banned in Colombia. Few
facilities are equipped or willing to offer abortion services; often adolescents experience …

Legal abortion services have been available in public and private health facilities in Mexico
City since April 2007 for pregnancies of up to 12 weeks gestation. As of January 2011, more …

In 2007, first trimester abortion was legalized in Mexico City, and the public sector rapidly
expanded its abortion services. In 2008, to obtain information on the effect of the law on …

METHODS: The Post-Abortion Care Costing Methodology was used to produce estimates of
direct and indirect costs of postabortion care and direct costs of legal abortions in Colombia …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about abortion practice in Mexico postlegalization of
abortion in Mexico City in 2007. STUDY DESIGN: In 2009, we anonymously surveyed 418 …

Objective To understand the experiences of women undergoing legal first‐trimester abortion
through Mexico City's Ministry of Health (MOH) services. Aims included comparing …

The majority of abortions in Colombia continue to take place outside the formal health
system under a range of conditions, with the majority of women obtaining misoprostol from a …

Objective (s) Since partial decriminalization of abortion in Colombia, Oriéntame has
provided legal abortion services through 15 weeks gestation in an outpatient primary care …

Objectives Our paper presents the analysis of a nationwide survey that explored induced
abortion among women using a ballot-box technique. Our objective was to determine the …

CONTEXT: In 2006, the Colombian Constitutional Court issued a decision largely
decriminalizing abortion; however, illegal abortion persists. Understanding the barriers that …