Exploring Abortion Knowledge and Opinion Among Lawyers, an Important yet Overlooked Stakeholder Group in Mexico

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ID15217548
AuthorsKate Wilson (0000-0002-0414-4082, corresponding author), Kate S Wilson, Sandra G García (0000-0002-2670-3922), Claudia Díaz Olavarrieta, Claudia Dı́az-Olavarrieta (0000-0002-6964-4109, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública), Stephanie M McMurtrie, Jorge Armando Valencia, Fernanda Díaz de León (Information Group on Reproductive Choice), Maria Luisa Sánchez Fuentes (Information Group on Reproductive Choice)
Year2012
Volume33
Issue11
Pages1046-1059
Publication date2012-10-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2011.585533
PMID23066966
OpenAlexW2085920641
LanguageEN
References cited19

Lawyers are important actors shaping the abortion debate in Mexico. Of 250 private and public sector criminal lawyers surveyed from four regions, the majority knew about abortion laws in their states. At least 80% agreed with abortion in cases of rape, risk to a woman's life or health, and fetal malformations. Overall, 61% agreed with the Mexico City law and 84% would defend a woman denied a legal abortion. In multivariate analysis, being very knowledgeable of abortion laws was a significant predictor of more "progressive" abortion opinions, support for the Mexico City law, and support for the health indication

Abortion · Abortion law · Criminology · Environmental health · Ethnology · Family planning · Mexico city · Political science · Politics · Population · Pregnancy · Private sector · Public health · Public opinion · Research methodology · Sociology · Stakeholder · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies

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