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Women's experiences using drugs to induce abortion acquired in the informal sector in Colombia: qualitative interviews with users in Bogotá and the Coffee Axis.
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101743493 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2641-0397 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 26410397 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sex Reprod Health Matters Subsets: MEDLINE
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Original Publication: [London, United Kingdom] : Taylor & Francis, [2019]-
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- Abstract:
In 2006, abortion in Colombia was decriminalised under certain circumstances. Yet some women continue to avail themselves of ways to terminate pregnancies outside of the formal health system. In-depth interviews (IDIs) with women who acquired drugs outside of health facilities to terminate their pregnancies ( n = 47) were conducted in Bogotá and the Coffee Axis in 2018. Respondents were recruited when they sought postabortion care at a health facility. This analysis examines women's experiences with medication acquired outside of the health system for a termination: how they obtained the medication, what they received, how they were instructed to use the pills, the symptoms they were told to expect, and their abortion experiences. Respondents purchased the drugs in drug stores, online, from street vendors, or through contacts in their social networks. Women who used online vendors more commonly received the minimum dose of misoprostol according to WHO guidelines to complete the abortion (800 mcg) and received more detailed instructions and information about what to expect than women who bought the drug elsewhere. Common instructions were to take the pills orally and vaginally; most women received incomplete information about what to expect. Most women seeking care did not have a complete abortion before coming to the health facility (they never started bleeding or had an incomplete abortion). Women still face multiple barriers to safe abortion in Colombia; policymakers should promote better awareness about legal abortion availability, access to quality medication and complete information about misoprostol use for women to terminate unwanted pregnancies safely.
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Keywords: Colombia; abortion; misoprostol; qualitative methods; self-use
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0 (Coffee)
0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations)
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Date Created: 20210318 Date Completed: 20211028 Latest Revision: 20240331
- Publication Date:
20240331
- Accession Number:
PMC8009029
- Accession Number:
10.1080/26410397.2021.1890868
- Accession Number:
33734025
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