Archives: Safe Abortion Day posts
BRAZIL – The turbulence in Brazil continues
As the turbulence of Brazil’s political climate and sexual politics overall continues, the abortion rights debates decidedly intensified in November 2017 (check here for updates in Portuguese). As reported by the International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion on 24 November, Amendment No.181, a provision aimed at including right to life from conception into the Constitution, was approved by a Special Commission of the Chamber of Deputies on 8 November.
EARLY MEDICAL ABORTION – Efficacy and safety of very early medical termination of pregnancy: a cohort study
Two study cohorts were created: women with and women without a confirmed IUP. An IUP was defined as the intrauterine location of a yolk sac or fetal structure visible by ultrasound. Women with an IUP were selected randomly and included in the IUP cohort. Efficacy of MTOP, defined as no continuing pregnancy and with no need of surgery for incomplete TOP.
GLOBAL – The politics of global abortion rights
Global abortion rights do not escape politics, but rather become embedded in national democratic struggles over abortion.