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 …

Background Despite the variances in abortion laws accounting for differences in incidence
of abortion among African countries, it appears there is absence of literature on other factors …

The new Texas abortion law requires the physician to determine whether a fetal heartbeat is
present and prohibits abortion after a heartbeat has been documented. An exception is …

Infertility is a global problem, but the highest prevalence is in low resource countries,
particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa where infection‐related tubal damage is the commonest …

Summary At the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development in
Cairo in 1994, the international community agreed to make reproductive health care …

This qualitative study aimed to examine how abortion clients in Nigeria perceive abortion
and explore the role their beliefs and fears play in their care-seeking experiences and …

Background Safe and legal abortions are rarely practiced in the public health sector in
Kenya, and rates of maternal mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion is high. Little is …

We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's
health in Mexico. Following a 2007 reform in the Federal District of Mexico which …

Introduction Unsafe abortion is a major contributor to the continued high global maternal
mortality and morbidity rates. Legal abortion frameworks and access to sexuality education …

Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), poverty, violence and harmful
alcohol/substance use are associated with poor mental health outcomes, but few studies …