Lidia Casas-Becerra

• Women prosecuted and imprisoned for abortion in Chile

  Lidia Casas-Becerra, Lidia Casas•ARTICLE•Reproductive Health Matters•1997•Cited by: 6

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  Chile is one of the last countries in the world where abortion is absolutely illegal. This paper reports on a study of 80 women who were prosecuted in Santiago for having had an abortion, mostly young women, eight of whom became pregnant following rape; 40 women who were prosecuted for performing abortions, almost all older women; and 12 mainly friends and relatives who were prosecuted as accomplices. Most of the women who had abortions were sing…

• Women prosecuted and imprisoned for abortion in Chile

  Lidia Casas-Becerra, Lidia Casas•ARTICLE•Reproductive Health Matters•1997•Cited by: 6

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  Chile is one of the last countries in the world where abortion is absolutely illegal. This paper reports on a study of 80 women who were prosecuted in Santiago for having had an abortion, mostly young women, eight of whom became pregnant following rape; 40 women who were prosecuted for performing abortions, almost all older women; and 12 mainly friends and relatives who were prosecuted as accomplices. Most of the women who had abortions were sing…

• Women prosecuted and imprisoned for abortion in Chile

  Lidia Casas-Becerra, Lidia Casas•ARTICLE•Reproductive Health Matters•1997•Cited by: 6

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  Chile is one of the last countries in the world where abortion is absolutely illegal. This paper reports on a study of 80 women who were prosecuted in Santiago for having had an abortion, mostly young women, eight of whom became pregnant following rape; 40 women who were prosecuted for performing abortions, almost all older women; and 12 mainly friends and relatives who were prosecuted as accomplices. Most of the women who had abortions were sing…

Abortion (1 works) · Abortion law (1 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 works) · Criminology (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Domestic violence (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works) · Family planning (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (1 works)