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From stigma to pride: health professionals and abortion policies in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires.
- Source :
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Sexual & Reproductive Health Matters . Dec2019, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p65-74. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Abortion stigma is experienced not only by women but also by providers and health professionals in a wide range of legal contexts. This paper analyses interviews with providers who work in the public health system in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A court ruling in 2012, FAL/12, changed the interpretation of abortion's legal status, clarifying the decriminalisation of abortion in cases of rape, and also requiring public policies and procedures to speed up access to legal abortion. Between 2014 and 2017, we conducted 27 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with abortion providers in public facilities across healthcare services in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. We found the way that health providers dealt with abortion stigma evolved over the course of time, as the abortion debate moved from the margins to the heart of political debate and public policies in Argentina between 2007 and 2017. Providers' experiences changed as the social and legal context changed. FAL/12 – as a clear, legal ruling – was a landmark and turning point in the way health professionals in public health facilities conduct their activities, making it possible for them to move from providing silent and hidden abortion care, to acknowledging it with pride. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ABORTION laws
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*HEALTH services accessibility
*INTERVIEWING
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL personnel
*HEALTH policy
*METROPOLITAN areas
*PUBLIC buildings
*RAPE
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SOCIAL change
*SOCIAL stigma
*DECISION making in clinical medicine
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*THEMATIC analysis
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26410397
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sexual & Reproductive Health Matters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 140918932
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2019.1691898