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"Inducing and Miscarriage": Women-Centered Perspectives on RU-486/Prostaglandin as an Early Abortion Method
No full textMarge Berer analyzes the information available from France on women's
perspectives on their use of RU 486/prostaglandin in comparison with vacuum
aspiration. The latter part of the article calls for further exploration of
women's perspectives on using this method and suggests that the information
from such research would provide a basis for resolving disagreement among
reproductive health professionals and activists and a better idea of what
women think the future of abortion technology should be. The author cautions
that in spite of the widespread agreement that acceptability studies are
central to the development of new reproductive techniques and procedures, the
research on what women find acceptable and how they experience treatments
remains at an early stage. There was much discussion at the December 1991
conference, for example, of whether women might favor medical abortion because
it puts them in charge of the process, while surgical abortion leaves them the
passive subjects of bodily intrusions
Aborto: qué está sucediendo a nivel global
No full textPresentación realizada en la Primera Conferencia Latinoamericana Prevención y Atención del Aborto Inseguro. Lima, Perú, 29 y 30 de junio de 2009.Reproductive Health Matters. International Consortium for Medical Abortion. Voice for Choice, Reino Unid
A Critical Appraisal of Laws on Second Trimester Abortion
Get PDFThere will always be women who need abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, and their reasons are often compelling. Although second trimester abortions carry relatively more risks than first trimester abortions, abortion is still very safe throughout the second trimester if done in safe conditions. This paper is about law and policy on second trimester abortions, which are allowed on more restrictive grounds than first trimester abortions in most countries, if at all. It focuses on countries where most or at least some second trimester abortions are allowed, including in Europe, where many women are still forced to travel for second trimester abortions, and countries in the developing world, where most second trimester abortions remain unsafe. The need for second trimester abortion should be met in a safe, timely and sympathetic manner. Abortion should be legal at the woman’s request up to 24 weeks and on therapeutic grounds after that, and no other barriers or hurdles should be imposed on women seeking second trimester abortion. In-depth, country-based research is needed, to bring out the facts on second trimester abortion, as evidence of why it should be treated as a legitimate form of women’s health care and supported in public health policy
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