"Regardless, you are not the first woman": an illustrative case study of contextual risk factors impacting sexual and reproductive health and rights in Nicaragua.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rape, unintended pregnancy, and abortion are among the most controversial and stigmatized topics facing sexual and reproductive health researchers, advocates, and the public today. Over the past three decades, public health practicioners and human rights advocates have made great strides to advance our understanding of sexual and reproductive rights and how they should be protected. The overall aim of the study was to understand young women's personal experiences of unintended pregnancy in the context of Nicaragua's repressive legal and sociocultural landscape. Ten in-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted with women ages 16-23 in a city in North Central Nicaragua, from June to July 2014.

Case presentation

This case study focuses on the story of a 19-year-old Nica

SUBMITTER: Luffy SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6570882 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature