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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59635| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Abortion and the covid-19 pandemic: insights for latin america |
| Other Titles: | Aborto e a pandemia da COVID-19: lições para América Latina |
| Authors: | 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 |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Subject: | Abortion COVID-19 Abortion,Legal Reproductive Rights |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA SOCIAL |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1590/0102-311X00322320 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59635 |
| Issue Date: | 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 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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