To be, or not to be, referred: A qualitative study of women from Burma's access to legal abortion care in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reproductive health outcomes among women from Burma who live along the Thailand-Burma border demonstrate an unmet need for access to safe abortion services. In 2014, a multi-national team launched a collaborative three-year initiative to expand a program that refers eligible women for safe and legal abortion care to government Thai hospitals in Tak province, Thailand.

Methods

Over a six-month period we conducted 14 in-depth open-ended interviews with women from Burma who were referred through the program or denied a wanted abortion after being deemed ineligible for referral by staff at the participating clinic. We analyzed the interviews for content and themes using both deductive and inductive techniques.

Results

Women's experiences accessing legal abortio

SUBMITTER: Arnott G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5467911 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature