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Harries, Jane. "Abortion services in South Africa : challenges and barriers to safe abortion care : health care providers' perspectives." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10623.

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-213).<br>Unsafe abortion is a preventable phenomenon and continues to be a major public health problem in many countries especially in the developing world. Despite abortion being legally available in South Africa after a change in legislation in 1996, barriers to accessing safe abortion services continue to exist. These barriers include provider opposition to abortion, and a shortage of trained and willing abortion providers. The dearth of abortion providers undermines the availability of safe, legal abortion, and has serious implications for wo

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Constant, Deborah Ann. "Strengthening medical abortion in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22795.

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Access to safe, legal abortion services is an important public health measure to address morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion. To expand access and strengthen medical abortion provision in South Africa, evidence is needed on the safety, effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of task sharing strategies and the implementation of evidence-based regimens. This research aims to: (a) evaluate the safety and acceptability of task sharing gestational age estimation for women seeking abortion, (b) determine the effectiveness and acceptability of text messaging on mobile phones to support

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Blackburn, Kayla M. "Which methods of dissemination do women in Cape Town, South Africa prefer when searching for safe abortion providers?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29587.

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Background: The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1996 makes provision for access to safe abortion, free of charge in government facilities in South Africa. Despite liberal abortion legislation, unsafe abortion persists in South Africa. Increasing access to information about safe and legal abortion providers through methods such as online databases, community health workers, and telephone hotlines will most likely decrease the number of women using illegal/unsafe abortion providers. This study aims to: determine how women prefer to access information on safe abortion providers and serv

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Jilozian, Ani. "Listening to women's voices| Perceptions & experiences with contraception & abortion in rural Armenia." Thesis, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1551611.

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<p> Background: Abortion is the principle method of birth control in Armenia. There are few qualitative studies in the literature concerning family planning utilization and abortion practices, and only two studies carried out over a decade ago have addressed the larger social context in which family planning and abortion decision-making occurs. </p><p> Objectives: The purpose of the following research project was to investigate women's perceptions and experiences with contraception and abortion and elucidate the multifaceted and complex factors that influence family planning decisions and a

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Carpilovsky, Cristiane Kohler. "O aborto como um problema de saúde pública: contribuições para o debate nas áreas da saúde e educação." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/3522.

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Abortion is a present subject since earlier times and the interest in such subject increases as years pass, since it is a multidisciplinary issue with a relevant importance. Nowadays, abortion represents a serious issue in public health system, widely practiced through inadequate means that can lead to damages and cause the death of the woman. This subject has been added to Brazilian educational system through National Curriculum Guidelines by the development of the transversal subjects. In this context, this work aimed to analyze the action of elementary school teachers facing the sexuality s

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Perera, Dhammika. "A Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of Three Medical Abortion Protocols." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6649.

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Unsafe abortions pose serious threats to women's health. Medical abortion provides safer abortion access to many. The lengthy interval between misoprostol and mifepristone creates multiple barriers for women and providers. A paucity of research exists about medical abortion protocols that allow single day procedures. The efficacy and the safety of 3 medical abortion protocols of varying lengths were explored in this study. A secondary data set of over 55,000 patients from the United Kingdom was retrospectively analyzed using binomial logistic regression. Efficacy results showed no significant

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Barker, Rachel. "Predictors of Induced Abortion Among Female Youth Center Users in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1406.

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Objective: Induced abortions occur in every country in the world. However sixty percent of the world's women live in countries where abortion is illegal. 19 million pregnancies end in unsafe and/or illegal abortions. Annually, 68,000 women die from unsafe abortions. Legal or not, unsafe abortion is one of the great neglected problems of health care in developing countries like Haiti and is a serious concern to women during their reproductive lives. Methods: The data for this study was collected from youth centers (ages 15-24) and used to estimate percentage distributions of abortion ratios by

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Frank, Cornelia. "Access to Safe and Legal Abortion- a Human Right? : A study of the protection for access to Safe and Legal abortion within Public International Law." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-182564.

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Abortion is a controversial issue. It is subject of heated debates stemming from morality and ethics. Abortion is also, however, a question of rights. Access to abortion weighs the rights of the foetus against the rights of the mother. Women being denied access to safe and legal abortion due to criminalisation and restrictive abortion laws, is also a matter of human rights. Women die every year as the result of unsafe abortion methods. This thesis focuses on access to safe and legal abortion, and examines if and how public international law protects women’s access to abortion. It addresses the

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Babalola, Grace T., and Ademola Adedoyin. "A Statistical Review of the U.S. Abortion Policy Since the Ruling of Roe v. Wade." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/asrf/2020/presentations/30.

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Since the ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973, controversy in regards to its acceptance in the U.S. remains prevalent politically and socially as opponents of abortion “pro-life” has adopted a strategy of “legal but inaccessible” that has resulted in the passage of several state laws since its establishment. This research project examines relationship between the level of support for abortion policy in the U.S. and some factors namely; Gender, Religious background, and Political ideology by drawing from an online-survey of 100 university students in the U.S. Also, it examines the difference in abort

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Marniari, Kadek. "Is a right to abortion protective of women's reproductive health? : exploring a human rights dynamic of abortion law reform in Indonesia /." Oslo : Faculty of Law, Universitetet i Oslo, 2008. http://www.duo.uio.no/publ/jus/2008/80151/Thesis_DUO.pdf.

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Carneiro, Marta Camila Mendes de Oliveira [UNIFESP]. "Prevalência e características das mulheres com histórico de aborto." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9967.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:50:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-03-25<br>Por ser uma prática criminosa, o aborto provocado acaba sendo realizado clandestinamente tornando-se um grave problema de Saúde Pública. O objetivo deste estudo foi o de estimar a prevalência de mulheres em idade fértil com histórico de aborto. O estudo é transversal, resultante de uma amostra aleatória de mulheres 15 a 49 anos-, residentes no subdistrito da Vila Mariana, 2006. Os dados foram coletados mediante aplicação de questionários. Foi considerada como variável dependente c

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Peluso, Anthony. "A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Abortion Attitudes and Perceptions among Women Living in Alabama and South Carolina." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3794.

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Legal induced abortion is a safe option for terminating a pregnancy for women of reproductive age in the United States (U.S.), though access has varied since the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton cases in 1973. Information is lacking on women’s attitudes toward and perceptions of abortion as well as on related constructs such as pregnancy attitudes and contraceptive use. Exploring these constructs is important in that it can provide much needed context to women’s reproductive life planning. This research aimed to explore perceptions of abortion access and safety and examine the potential associati

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Peluso, Anthony. "A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Abortion Attitudes and Perceptions among Women Living in Alabama and South Carolina." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3794.

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Legal induced abortion is a safe option for terminating a pregnancy for women of reproductive age in the United States (U.S.), though access has varied since the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton cases in 1973. Information is lacking on women’s attitudes toward and perceptions of abortion as well as on related constructs such as pregnancy attitudes and contraceptive use. Exploring these constructs is important in that it can provide much needed context to women’s reproductive life planning. This research aimed to explore perceptions of abortion access and safety and examine the potential associati

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Leiva, Rioja Zoila. "Public policies of sexual and reproductive health in Peru: the introduction of therapeutic abortion regulation into the government’s political agenda." Politai, 2016. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/91986.

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The objective of the present article is to analyze the process of introducing the regulation of therapeutic abortion into the peruvian governmental agenda, identifying the factors that came together to generate such event, the period of study being between the years 2005 to 2014. The investigation corroborates that said event was possible due to the confluence of certain political and institutional factors on the national stages, the strategy of groups in favor (pro-choice) and against (pro-life) the regulation, and international influence.<br>El presente artículo tiene como objetivo analizar

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Santana, Danielly Scaranello Nunes 1982. "Morbidade materna grave por aborto no Brasil." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/310051.

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Orientador: José Guilherme Cecatti<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T08:19:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santana_DaniellyScaranelloNunes_M.pdf: 8275928 bytes, checksum: b0b5d344bc32e81d7b8afbc6614f8bce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011<br>Resumo: Introdução: O aborto ainda hoje se relaciona a altas taxas de morbidade e mortalidade materna. O near miss materno, que segundo a OMS (Organização Mundial da Saúde) corresponde aquela mulher que quase morreu, mas sobreviveu a complicações durante a g

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Sjöstrand, Frida. "Nurses' experiences of attending women in pre- and post-abortion care - A qualitative interview study with nurses in the public health sector in Argentina." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26227.

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Syfte: Studiens syfte var att belysa sjuksköterskors erfarenhet av abortvård i den offentliga vården i provinserna Neuquén och Río Negro, Argentina. Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskor som arbetar i primärvården möter kvinnor i behov av abort men på grund av den restriktiva lagstiftningen beror vården som erbjuds på den enskilda sjukvårdspersonalen. Abort är olagligt i Argentina, med några få undantag, och även om sjukvårdspersonal är skyldig att erbjuda eftervård vid abort så är illegala aborter den vanligaste orsaken till mödradödlighet i landet. Metod: En kvalitativ studiedesign med semi-strukturerad

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Cha, Susan. "Reproductive Health and Behavior: The Role of Abuse and Couple Pregnancy Intent." VCU Scholars Compass, 2015. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4000.

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Background: Rapid repeat pregnancy (RRP), a pregnancy occurring less than 24 months from a prior birth, and unintended pregnancy-related induced abortions can be prevented with family planning. However, few studies have adequately addressed the role of male partners in reproductive decision-making. Objectives: The goal of this research is to understand the interrelationships between couple pregnancy intention, intimate partner violence (IPV), reproductive health and behaviors. Specifically, this project aims to: (1) examine the extent to which couple pregnancy intentions are associated with RR

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Reboucas, Melina S?fora Souza. "O aborto provocado como uma possibilidade na exist?ncia da mulher: reflex?es fenomenol?gico-existenciais." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2010. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/17463.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MelinaSSR_DISSERT.pdf: 766520 bytes, checksum: 94ba69fb0fb57c7457d4913d723795f2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-08-20<br>Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior<br>Abortion is a very controversial and stigmatized subject, target of many criticism and discussions, mainly regarding to the legal, bioethical and religious aspects involved. In Brazil, abortion is considered a serious public health problem, being the major cause of maternal death due to its criminalization. The woman who causes an abor

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Santos, Danyelle Leonette Ara?jo dos. "Trajet?ria de mulheres e a participa??o masculina no processo de aborto provocado." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2013. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/14812.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:47:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DanyelleLAS_DISSERT.pdf: 2221240 bytes, checksum: 4536a6bb6802ff7d257d826204263a09 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-13<br>Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior<br>O aborto volunt?rio ? um fen?meno complexo devido ao estigma social imposto a este ato e ?s mulheres que o realizam. Por ser a gesta??o um evento pr?prio do corpo feminino, este p?blico ? visto como ?nico respons?vel pelas quest?es reprodutivas, bem como pela interrup??o da gravidez, sendo a corresponsabilidade masculina exclu?da de

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Assucena, Bianca Moraes. "Encontros nas práticas de saúde: um outro ponto de vista." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2013. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6209.

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prestados às mulheres em situação de aborto, em um hospital público, vale pontuar, que no processo de amadurecimento da pesquisa, durante o trabalho de campo, optamos em incluir, mulheres em suspeita de aborto e demais observações das práticas dos referidos profissionais. A discussão do aborto é polêmica, difícil e está em pauta em distintos cenários, sendo esta discussão reflexo do debate presente na sociedade e assim, considerando que mulheres em situação de aborto, necessitam serem atendidas nos serviços de saúde com respeito e responsabilidade por todos os profissionais, a postura do profi

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Clemente, Aleksandro. "A legalização do aborto no Brasil: uma questão de Saúde Pública?" Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/6136.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:21:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aleksandro Clemente.pdf: 1903186 bytes, checksum: cda10a16cd5837d02e381629d7472268 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-14<br>This paper discusses the controversial issue of the abortion legalization in Brazil based on careful analysis of the argument that this would be a necessary measure to address a public health problem, which is: the high rate of maternal mortality caused by the illegal practice of abortion. The subject studied in this academic research seeks to know whether this argument - that the abortion lega

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Shirangi, Adeleh. "Occupational hazards in veterinary practice and possible effects on reproductive outcomes in female veterinarians." University of Western Australia. School of Population Health, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0087.

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[Truncated abstract] Veterinarians have considerable potential for exposure to several known reproductive hazards such as radiation, anaesthetic gases, pesticides, long working hours and occupational stress. Reproductive effects are a concern to female veterinarians, especially now that about 65% of graduates from Australian veterinary science schools are female. In the last two decades, there have been reports on the possible associations between occupational exposures and adverse reproductive outcomes in female veterinarians, but most of them have been equivocal and the whole area remains co

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Ouedraogo, Ramatou. "« L'avortement, ses pratiques et ses soins ». une anthropologie des jeunes au prisme des normes sociales et des politiques publiques de santé au Burkina Faso." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015BORD0036/document.

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L'avortement provoqué sans indication médicale ou juridique dans les pays où il estinterdit comme au Burkina Faso pose à la fois un problème de santé publique et unproblème social. C'est cette double problématique que cette thèse a exploré pourexpliquer les difficultés que rencontre le pays à lutter contre les avortements à risque, etcomprendre les facteurs de l'accroissement de la pratique parmi les jeunes. Uneimmersion dans l'univers de l'avortement (structures sanitaires et vie de femmes etd'hommes ayant fait l'expérience de l'avortement) ainsi que des entretiens avecdifférents acteurs, ont

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Magnusson, Brianna Michele. "Predictors of Early Onset of Sexual Intercourse in Male and Female Residents of the United States." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1709.

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Moundaka, Iris ursula. "Obstacles à l'accès aux soins d'urgences suite aux complications des avortements non sécurisés dans la province du Moyen Ogooué au Gabon : aspects juridique, socioculturel et médical." Thesis, Paris 8, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA080040.

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Cette thèse aborde dans la première partie une revue panoramique des controverses historico-juridiques autour de l’avortement dans le monde, suivi par une analyse du contexte socioculturel des attitudes et des pratiques liées aux rapports sociaux de sexe, aux grossesses non désirées et à l’avortement non sécurisé. Enfin, nous examinons les articulations entre la médecine traditionnelle, coloniale et moderne au Gabon. Tout cela nous amène à notre étude sur les barrières à l’accès aux soins modernes chez les femmes en situation d’urgence médicale.L’objectif de cette thèse doctorale est d’élabore

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E, Qinyu. "Creating Demand for Abortion Service: A Content Analysis of Chinese Television Abortion Advertisements." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437658749.

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Hernandez, Cory D. "What do abortion policies accomplish? : understanding how abortion laws and court cases affect public opinion." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95548.

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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2014.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-124).<br>Abortion is a loaded, controversial, and divisive sociocultural and political term, concept, and debate. Yet little empirical research has been conducted to examine what effects abortion rights legislation and court cases have had on the public and our society. After analyzing a broad overview of the history of the abortion rights debate in the US, I conduct bivariate and multivariate regression analyses

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Wong, Stephanie Lynne. "Health implications of Hong Kong abortion laws." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193849.

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Abortion is a difficult topic to discuss and grasp. Whether it is a dilemma of personal morals and ethics, religion, or simply the nature of the act – the privacy and intimacy of an abortion often causes uneasiness when discussing. To make matters more difficult, there are many issues to consider in addition to deciding whether one wants to attain an abortion; social stigma, cost, parental consent, procedure availability, and more may exacerbate the woman’s situation. In Hong Kong, where the number of legal abortion procedures are limited in public hospitals and costs soar to extreme amounts,

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Carlson, Carolyn S. "Context effects on abortion questions who is inconsistent /." unrestricted, 2005. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11282005-155847/.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2005.<br>Title from title screen. Michael Binford, committee chair; Alison Calhoun-Brown, Stephen Nicholson, committee members. Electronic text (120 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Apr. 24, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-109).

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Childress, John Daniel. "Advocacy, abortion and public policy towards a better understanding of the determinants of abortion in the aggregate /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2010. http://worldcat.org/oclc/647751878/viewonline.

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Bologna, Estefany. "Effects of abortion on college women's mental health." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/822.

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Since the legalization of abortion, some research studies have argued that abortion has a neutral effect when considering other coexistent factors (e.g. Adler et al., 1990; Major et al., 2000; Steinberg & Russo, 2008). Other studies have concluded that abortion has a negative influence on women's psyche (e.g. Congleton & Calhoun, 1993; Cougle, Reardon, & Coleman, 2005; Hamana et al., 2010). College populations have been generally excluded from abortion research, even though, in 2007, 57% of women obtaining abortions were between the ages of 20 and 30 years (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). This stud

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Goble, Kyle David. "Contraception and Induced Abortion as Minority Health Disparities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/595033.

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With an unintended pregnancy rate of over 50% in the United States and with 40% of those unintended pregnancies being terminated via an induced abortion, it is easy to see that abortion is an important medical procedure with numerous social and political implications for both women and men. In addition, public health research has consistently shown persistent minority health disparities with respect to abortion utilization, contraception use, and unintended pregnancy rates in women of color in the United States. It is impossible to talk about abortion use without talking about contraceptive us

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Laughlin, Catherine Wagner 1950. "From option to action: The abortion decision in adolescence." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291403.

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Approximately 1.1 million adolescent women become pregnant every year, and nearly 40% choose to terminate their pregnancies. This study explored pregnancy termination decisions of sixteen adolescent females in the southwestern United States. A demographic and decision making survey, Smilkstein's, et al. (1981) Family and Friends' Apgars and a sexual knowledge inventory were used to measure factors relevant to abortion decisions in this age group. Some expected results of the study included a lack of sexual knowledge and a greater degree of satisfaction with friends than with family. Participan

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Evans, Ann, and ann evans@anu edu au. "Motherhood or abortion: Pregnancy resolution decisions of Australian teenagers." The Australian National University. Research School of Social Sciences, 2001. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20021028.105146.

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Australia has a lower teenage fertility rate than other industrialised English-speaking countries. However, with over 11,000 births and 12,000 abortions to teenagers each year, the resolution of teenage pregnancy is an issue faced by many young Australian women. ¶ This research seeks to explore the factors that discriminate between those who terminate and those who continue a teenage pregnancy. To achieve this aim a survey was conducted on young ever-pregnant women throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The survey sought information on young womens characteristics on

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Hansjee, Jateen. "Abortion as disruption: discourses surrounding abortion in the talk of men." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002493.

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This research examines men’s talk around abortion using critical discourse analysis. Current literature indicates a dearth of studies addressing the topic of men and abortion in various domains. An understanding of men’s relationship to abortion, however, is crucial to understanding abortion as a social phenomenon. This study utilises the work of Foucault around discourse and power, as well as Butler’s work on gender to create a theoretical framework to approach data. Data were collected in the form of interview groups made up of men, as well as newspaper articles and on-line forum discussions

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White, John Angus. "Legal Abortion: An Examination of Public Support from 1972 to 1988." W&M ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539624402.

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Sigcau, Nomakhosi. "Public discourses on choice of termination of pregnancy in a rural area of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002564.

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A period of ten years has elapsed since the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act came into effect. Little has been done in South Africa to investigate public discourses concerning termination of pregnancy since the implementation of the Act. The social context and the quality of available support systems determine the outcome of the women’s feelings after the abortion. Knowledge about the social context is important, as it will help to understand the complexities and nuances of abortion. The aim of the research is to explore public discourses on Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP), and

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Väisänen, Heini. "A life course perspective to abortion in Finland." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2016. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3346/.

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Induced abortion is an understudied topic in part because of a lack of reliable data due to underreporting of abortion in surveys. The debate about whether teen pregnancies push women into socioeconomic disadvantage would benefit from longer follow-up periods and reliable data. This thesis studies which socio-demographic characteristics are associated with the likelihood of abortion, provides more precise estimates than previous studies on the socioeconomic risk factors of repeat abortion, and examines socioeconomic outcomes of women with different teen pregnancy histories. I use register data

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Diksha, Khadka Pramote Prasartkul. "Abortion complications among women of reproductive age in Nepal : evidence from NDHS 2006 /." Abstract, 2008. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2551/cd419/5037965.pdf.

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MacFarlane, Katrina. "An Assessment of Women's Abortion Experiences in Istanbul, Turkey." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35027.

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Abortion upon request has been legal in Turkey since 1983. In 2012 the Prime Minister of Turkey announced his intent to restrict or ban abortion. The public protested in response and the Turkish government did not amend the abortion law. However, recent anecdotal evidence suggests that the provision of abortion in public hospitals has diminished significantly. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore women’s experiences obtaining abortion care in Istanbul, Turkey. We also documented key informants’ perspectives about abortion and reproductive health service availability in Istanbul

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Curley, Maureen L. "Psychological distress after abortion among university students: Developing an intervention." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96794.

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Background A gap exists within healthcare between identifying and treating adverse psychological outcomes to abortion. Meanwhile, 30% of women worldwide experience significant emotional distress after abortion. Specifically, younger women are at the highest risk for developing mental health problems after abortion. No empirical data for interventions to relieve psychological distress after abortion were found. Goal: This thesis provides a framework to identify and treat psychological distress after legal, induced, voluntary abortion. It proposes a first of a kind evidence-based and patie

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Onasoga, Olayinka Abolore. "Challenges and barriers to adolescents' post-abortion care services: Implications for reproductive health policy in Nigeria." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6503.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>The prevention of abortion related complications and mortality is dependent on the availability, accessibility and usability of emergency post-abortion care (PAC) throughout the health care system. Unfortunately, abortion is not legal in Nigeria and Nigerian women, especially adolescents, are often unable to obtain adequate post-abortion care services due to a variety of reasons. A review of literature shows that adolescent PAC patients receive worse care than older women seeking PAC services. There is widespread recognition of the need to overcome these barr

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Carlson, Carolyn S. "Context Effects on Abortion Questions: Who is Inconsistent." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2006. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_diss/1.

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Measuring public opinion on abortion is an ongoing concern for political scientists, mainly because the public does not always exhibit fixed attitudes on such topics. Most citizens express a centrist viewpoint between the pro choice and pro life extremes. These include a small group whose answers to abortion questions are so inconsistent that they give public officials an inaccurate measure of public opinion on this important issue. Inconsistent responses may result from context effects, such as the order in which the questions are asked or the way they are asked. Usually, researchers ask a ba

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Van, Zyl Hester Nicolette. "An examination of the relationship between public opinion and public policy in South Africa : the case of abortion." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53262.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A democratic political system grants unimpaired opportunities for all citizens to have their preferences weighted equally in the conduct of government regardless of content or source. However, governments in democratic political systems frequently disregard public preference. But all governments, not only popular governments, are dependent on the 'will of the people' if the system is to remain viable. This study investigates the relationship between public opinion and public policy in South Africa, using the 1996 Choice

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Welter, Lauren Beth. "Mexican-American women and abortion : experiences and reflections." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1930.

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Because Latinos are the largest, fastest-growing ethnic minority group in the U.S., learning more about their sexual and reproductive experiences and decision-making processes is important. Importantly, although sexuality and abortion are stigmatized in many Latino cultures and conservative religious beliefs specifically oppose abortion, Latinas have the highest birth rates in the U.S. and an estimated one in four pregnancies to Latina women are terminated (Jones, Darroch, &Henshaw, 2002; Jones, Finer, &Singh, 2010). Consequently, nuanced exploration of contradictions in reproductive behaviors

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Kreitzer, Rebecca Jane. "Policy making at the margins: the modern politics of abortion." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1866.

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Scholars often argue that republican government works because elected representatives adopt policies favored by their constituents. Theoretically, this relationship is stronger with morality issues because such issues are technically simple, involve core values, and thus foster greater levels of citizen engagement. Since the U.S. Supreme Court cases of Casey and Webster, state legislatures have passed hundreds of policies that place cumulatively significant restrictions on women's access to abortion. The increasingly conservative nature of abortion policy might indicate an increasingly conserv

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LaRoche, Kathryn J. "The Availability, Accessibility, and Provision of Post-Abortion Support Services in Ontario." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32786.

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In a study we conducted with Ontarian women about their abortion experiences (OAS), one third of participants expressed a desire for post-abortion support. Yet, there is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that organizations offering these services are using judgmental frameworks. In order to rigorously investigate this, we explored what post-abortion support services are offered across the province of Ontario. This multi-methods study included an analysis of OAS data, creating a directory of post-abortion support services in the province, conducting an analysis of how these services represent

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Marval-Peck, Luisa. "Exploring Women's Experiences Obtaining Medication Abortion Outside of the Formal Healthcare System." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/42372.

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Despite legal and technological advances, women still face barriers to abortion care in legally restricted or low-resource settings. The advent of medication abortion using misoprostol with or without mifepristone, has enabled women to self-manage their abortions outside of the formal healthcare system. Self-managed abortions are often assisted by telemedicine services, which provide women with evidence-based guidance on managing the abortion process on their own. This thesis explores two separate abortion telemedicine services operating in legally restricted and/or low resource settings – a g

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Grant, Gail. "Reproductive health in the post-Soviet state : abortion and contraception in Estonia." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.440912.

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Malmsköld, Elin. "The status of abortion in public international law and its effect on domestic legislation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355922.

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Few issues divide leaders and policy-makers as much as abortion, which regularly sparks heated political, religious and philosophical debates. Numerous states choose to prohibit or criminalize abortion, despite the fact that it has been practiced throughout recorded history. In many of these states, women turn to unsafe abortion methods, such as consuming bleach or inserting a coat hanger, which may cause long-term damage or death. In the light of this tragic reality, one could ask whether these women have a right to safe abortion in human rights law or not. In order to answer this question, t

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