Abortion and the Covid-19 pandemic
Insights for Latin America
Datos Bibliográficos
The COVID-19 pandemic may accentuate existing problems, hindering access to legal abortion, with a consequent increase in unsafe abortions. This scenario may be even worse in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where abortion laws are already restrictive and access to services is already hampered. Our objective was to understand how different countries, with an emphasis on Latin Americans, have dealt with legal abortion services in the context of the COVID-19. Thus, we conducted a narrative review on abortion and COVID-19. The 75 articles included, plus other relevant references, indicate that the pandemic affects sexual and reproductive health services by amplifying existing problems and restricting access to reproductive rights, such as legal abortion. This impact may be even stronger in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where access to legal abortion is normally restricted. The revision of sources in this article underlines the urgent need to maintain legal abortion services, both from women's perspective, in support of their reproductive rights, but also from that of the international commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Thereby, Latin American countries must place reproductive rights as a priority on their agendas and adapt legislation to accommodate alternative models of abortion care. Furthermore, our results underscore the need for clear information on the functioning of sexual and reproductive health services as essential for understanding the impact of the pandemic on legal abortion and to identify the groups most affected by the changes
Abortion · Abortion law · Context (archaeology) · Family planning · Latin Americans · Legislation · Reproductive health · Unsafe abortion · COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies
Aborto e juventude
The making of clandestinity
Programa Atenas
Lei no 22.537/2024, do Estado de Goiás, Brasil, de conscientização contra o aborto
Gestações resultantes de violência sexual em meninas de 10-13 anos no Estado do Maranhão, Brasil, no período de 2012-2022
Law n. 22,537/2024 of the State of Goiás, Brazil, on awareness against abortion
Aids e prevenção
Atenas Program
Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion
Women are most affected by pandemics — lessons from past outbreaks
Now is the time
Rethinking “Elective” Procedures for Women's Reproduction during Covid‐19
Estimates of the Potential Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health In Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Lawful Sinners
Side Effects, Physical Health Consequences, and Mortality Associated with Abortion and Birth after an Unwanted Pregnancy
Itinerários e métodos do aborto ilegal em cinco capitais brasileiras
Serviços de aborto legal no Brasil – um estudo nacional
Aborto e misoprostol
Clinician Perspectives on Ethics and Covid ‐19
Covid ‐19 Abortion Bans and Their Implications for Public Health
Reproductive Autonomy Is Nonnegotiable, Even in the Time of Covid ‐19
Abortion at the edges
Family Planning During and After the West African Ebola Crisis
O comércio de medicamentos de gênero na mídia impressa brasileira
Safe abortion information hotlines
The biomedicalisation of illegal abortion
Reproductive governance in Latin America
Religion and Gender Equality Worldwide
| Obras citantes distintas | 8 |
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| Citas por año | 2 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 8 |