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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yánez-Sánchez, Paula
• de Lima, Stephanie Oliveira
• Alabarse, Otávio Prado
• Guida, José Paulo de Siqueira
• Makuch, Maria Yolanda
• de Azevedo, Renata Cruz Soares
• Fernandes, Arlete

Titel

Legal abortion requests and outcomes for women when the law is restrictive - experience from a referral centre in south-eastern Brazil

Ist Teil von

• The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care, 2024-04, p.1-7

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Retrospective cohort study with review of medical records of women assisted between 2015 and 2020. The variables were socio-demographic and SV characteristics, gestational age, reactions towards pregnancy and outcome. We compared outcome groups using the chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and the Kruskal-Wallis test. The significance level was 5%. We evaluated the medical records of 235 women, of which 153(65%) had undergone to abortion; 17(7.2%) had a spontaneous abortion; 19(8%) remained pregnant; 25(10.6%) had an abortion denied; and 21(8.9%) had been lost to follow-up. Out of the total number of women, 44(18.7%) were adolescents, 152(65.2%) were white and 201(88.5%) had an education ≥9 years. Women who remained pregnant had a known aggressor, disclosed the pregnancy (  < 0.001) and were more ambivalent (  < 0.001) than the other groups. Gestational age was higher in the denied abortion group than in the performed abortion group (  < 0.001). Feelings related to decision-making about abortion affected all groups, with differences. It is important to give women space to be heard, so they can make their own decisions.