Consensus is lacking on the most appropriate indicators to document progress in safe
abortion at programmatic and country level. We conducted a scoping review to provide an …

Background In the UK, according to the 1967 Abortion Act, all abortions must be approved
by two doctors, reported to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and be …

Women's Lives integrates the most current research and social issues to explore the
psychological diversity of girls and women varying in age, ethnicity, social class, nationality …

Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected during a 5-year multi-disciplinary
European research project, in this article we show how restrictions on access to legal …

Despite political commitments to address maternal deaths due to abortion, women and girls
in Burkina Faso still face impediments to accessing post-abortion care (PAC) services …

Background Medical abortion (MA) has become an increasingly popular choice for women
even where surgical abortion services are available. Pain is often cited by women as one of …

Background Despite the availability of medical abortifacients, and their potential use in
primary care, only a small proportion of primary healthcare professionals provide medical …

Background In most countries of the world the only basis for considering a termination of
pregnancy is for medical reasons. Depending on the circumstances and determinants of …

Introduction At the turn of the century, when the Millennium Development Goals placed
maternal mortality reduction high on the global agenda, Ethiopia relaxed its restrictive …

Emergency contraception (EC) is a drug or a device that is taken after sexual intercourse to
prevent unintended pregnancy. The most effective EC is the copper-bearing intrauterine …