Abstract Background Abortion rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are nearly
triple those in Western Europe, due to less use of contraception and highly restrictive …

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

Abstract In 2006, a Colombian Constitutional Court decision legalized abortion in cases of
risk to a woman's physical or mental health, fetal malformation incompatible with life, or rape …

Advocacy by feminists and healthcare providers was essential in passing the 2012 bill
legalizing abortion in Uruguay, which was primarily framed in terms of a public health …

Latin America is undergoing profound social, economic, political, demographic, and
epidemiologic change. Reproductive health indicators have generally improved over the …

Abortion is legally restricted in most of Latin America where 95% of the 4.4 million abortions
performed annually are unsafe. Medical abortion (MA) refers to the use of a drug or a …

Abortion is not legal in Chile even to save the woman's life or health. This situation creates
serious dilemmas and vulnerabilities for both women and medical practitioners. Abortion …

METHODS: Data on the number of women treated for abortion complications were obtained
from a nationally representative survey of 300 public and private health facilities, and …

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 …

Until as recently as September 2017, Chile was one of the few countries in the world that did
not permit abortion under any circumstances. Although the Health Code had permitted …