Session 38:
The Persistence of Unsafe Abortion
Chair: Kristine Hopkins, University of Texas at Austin
Discussant: Ernestina E. Coast, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
I Need to Terminate This Pregnancy Even If It Will Take My Life: Effect of Being Denied Legal Abortion on Women's Lives in Nepal Mahesh Puri, Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) ; Divya Vohra, University of California, Berkeley ; Diana G. Foster, University of California, San Francisco
Understanding the Reasons behind Ghanaian Women's Pregnancy Terminations Adriana A. Biney, University of Ghana
Women’s Abortion Seeking Behavior under Restrictive Abortion Laws in Mexico Fátima Juárez, El Colegio de México ; Jose Luis Palma, Investigación en Salud y Demografía (Insad) ; Kate Reiss, Marie Stopes International (MSI) ; Akinrinola Bankole, Guttmacher Institute
Abortion Incidence and Unintended Pregnancy in Nepal Aparna Sundaram, Guttmacher Institute ; Mahesh Puri, Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) ; Anand Tamang, Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) ; Rubina Hussain, Guttmacher Institute ; Marjorie Crowell, Guttmacher Institute ; Susheela D. Singh, Guttmacher Institute
Other sessions on Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health