Denial of abortion in legal settings

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-163

  Gerdts, Caitlin ^a   DePiñeres, Teresa ^b   Hajri, Selma ^c   Harries, Jane ^d   Hossain, Altaf ^e   Puri, Mahesh ^f   Vohra, Divya ^g   Foster, Diana Greene ^h  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Fundación Oriéntame ESAR   (Colombia)

^c Groupe Tawhida Ben Cheikh   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Bangladesh Assoc Prev Septic A   (Bangladesh)

^f Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities   (Nepal)

^g MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUNISIA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WELLBEING; ABORTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INDUCED ABORTION; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION APPLICANTS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 84933526970     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jfprhc-2014-100999     Document Type: Article

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