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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Abortion and the covid-19 pandemic: insights for latin america
Título(s) alternativo(s): Aborto e a pandemia da COVID-19: lições para América Latina
Autor(es): Flávia Bulegon Pilecco
Cecilia Mccallum
Maria da Conceição Chagas de Almeida
Flávia Jôse Oliveira Alves
Aline Dos Santos Rocha
Naiá Ortelan
Ligia Gabrielli
Greice Maria de Souza Menezes
Resumen: The COVID-19 pandemic may accentuate existing problems, hindering accessto legal abortion, with a consequent increase in unsafe abortions. This scenario may be even worse in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where abortion laws are already restrictive and access to services is already hampered. Our objective was to understand how different countries, with an emphasis on Latin Americans, have dealt with legal abortion services in the context of the COVID-19. Thus, we conducted a narrative review on abortion and COVID-19. The 75 articles included, plus other relevant references, indicate that the pandemic affects sexual and reproductive health services by amplifying existing problems and restricting access to reproductive rights, such as legal abortion. This impact may be even stronger in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Latin America, where access to legal abortion is normally restricted. The revision of sources in this article underlines the urgent need to maintain legal abortion services, both from women’s perspective, in support of their reproductive rights, but also from that of the international commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Thereby, Latin American countries must place reproductive rights as a priority on their agendas and adapt legislation to accommodate alternative models of abortion care. Furthermore, our results underscore the need for clear information on the functioning of sexual and reproductive health services as essential for understanding the impact of the pandemic on legal abortion and to identify the groups most affected by the changes.
Asunto: Abortion
COVID-19
Abortion,Legal
Reproductive Rights
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Institución: UFMG
Departamento: MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA SOCIAL
Tipo de acceso: Acesso Aberto
Identificador DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00322320
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59635
Fecha del documento: 2021
metadata.dc.url.externa: http://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/artigo/1434/aborto-e-a-pandemia-da-covid-19-licoes-para-america-latinadoi:10.1590/0102-311x00322320
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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