Abortion and Islam: Policies and Practice in the Middle East and North Africa

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 15, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Hessini, Leila ^a  

^a Ipas ^*  (Morocco)

Author keywords

abortion law and policy; Islam; Middle East and North Africa region; unsafe abortion; women's rights

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; MISOPROSTOL; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FETUS DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RELIGION; SELECTIVE ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFTERCARE; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE EAST; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 34248546270     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)29279-6     Document Type: Article

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