It is now more than 50 years since the World Health Assembly recognized abortion as a
serious public health problem. The challenge still stands. Addressing the problem of unsafe …

Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance
for health systems states that regulatory, policy, and programmatic barriers that hinder …

Background In 2018, the right to lawful abortion in the Republic of Ireland significantly
expanded, and service provision commenced on 1 January, 2019. Community provision of …

Although patient choice of abortion method is a key component of quality care, medical
abortion (MA) has become the most common method (87%) in England and Wales, as in …

CONTEXT: Evidence shows that laws that restrict abortion do not eliminate its practice, but
instead result in women having clandestine abortions, which are likely to be unsafe. It is …

Abstract In South Africa, abortion was legalized in 1996, during the nation's transition from
apartheid to independence and democracy, under the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy …

Introduction Method choice is an important component of quality abortion care and
qualitative research suggests that abortion stigma can influence provider preference and …

Objective To explore fetal medicine specialists' experiences of caring for parents following a
diagnosis of fatal fetal anomaly (FFA) during the implementation of termination of pregnancy …

In 2005, a new criminal code was established to align Ethiopia's laws with its new
Constitution. Following a period of intense activism and debate, abortion remained …

Abstract The World Health Organization considers the provision of information about safe,
legal abortion essential for good-quality abortion care, but the question remains about who …