Latin American women's experiences with medical abortion in settings where abortion is legally restricted.

ABSTRACT: Abortion is legally restricted in most of Latin America where 95% of the 4.4 million abortions performed annually are unsafe. Medical abortion (MA) refers to the use of a drug or a combination of drugs to terminate pregnancy. Mifepristone followed by misoprostol is the most effective and recommended regime. In settings where mifepristone is not available, misoprostol alone is used.Medical abortion has radically changed abortion practices worldwide, and particularly in legally restricted contexts. In Latin America women have been using misoprostol for self-induced home abortions for over two decades.This article summarizes the findings of a literature review on women's experiences with medical abortion in Latin American countries where voluntary abortion is illegal.Women's personal experien

SUBMITTER: Zamberlin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3557184 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature