Using Human Rights Principles to Promote Quality of Abortion Care in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4949376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leila Adesse (0000-0001-5724-2498, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 26 |
| Pages | 155-157 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Reproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0968-8080(05)26200-6 |
| PMID | 16291498 |
| OpenAlex | W1983385353 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
IT is estimated that almost 1.5 million abortions occur annually in Brazil with almost 30% of pregnancies ending in abortion. The practice of abortion in Brazil is a clear demonstration of social inequality; historically under-privileged women have had no access to expensive private clinics and suffered more complications due to unsafe abortion. Unsafe abortion represents the fourth largest cause of maternal mortality in Brazil and is highest in the northeast region where poverty is high. Although abortion is legal on two grounds when there is no other way to save the womans life and when pregnancy is a result of rape until very recently legal abortions were not being provided. (excerpt)
Abortion · Abortion law · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family planning · Human rights · Political science · Population · Poverty · Pregnancy · Reproductive health · Reproductive rights · Research methodology · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Unsafe abortion · Law · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |