Experiences of abortion care in Australia: a qualitative study examining multiple dimensions of access.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals identify universal access to sexual and reproductive health services as a global priority. Yet barriers to abortion access remain, including legal restrictions, cost, stigma, and limited services and information. The aim was to identify barriers to and facilitators of abortion care access experienced in Australia.

Methods

This qualitative phenomenological study examined abortion access in Australia, where abortion is decriminalised, from March 2020 to December 2022. We used social media and flyers in clinics to recruit adults who had sought abortion care, then interviewed them in-depth. We mapped participant experiences to five dimensions of access identified by Levesque et al.'s patient-centred access to healthcar

SUBMITTER: Wickramasinghe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11457415 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature