Show simple item record

dc.creatorSkuster, Patty
dc.creatorMenzel, Jamie
dc.creatorGhorashi, Adrienne
dc.creatorPerkins, Megan
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-01T16:19:34Z
dc.date.available2022-09-01T16:19:34Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-18
dc.identifier.citationPatty Skuster, Jamie Menzel, Adrienne R. Ghorashi & Megan Perkins (2022) Policy surveillance for a global analysis of national abortion laws, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 30:1, DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2022.2064208
dc.identifier.issn2641-0397
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/8116
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/8144
dc.description.abstractPolicy surveillance offers a novel and important method for comparing law across jurisdictions. We used policy surveillance to examine abortion laws across the globe. Self-managed abortion, which generally takes place outside formal healthcare settings, is increasing in prevalence and can be safe. We analysed provisions that do not account for the prevalence of self-managed abortion and evidence of its safety. Such provisions require that abortion take place in a formal healthcare setting. We also analysed criminal penalties for non-compliance. Our method included development of a legal framework, an iterative process of refining coding schemes and procedures, and rigorous quality control. We limited our analysis to liberal abortion laws for two reasons. Abortion laws globally trend towards less restrictive. In addition, we aimed to focus on how laws relate to abortion outside a formal healthcare setting specifically and excluded laws that prohibit abortion more broadly. We found that in all countries with liberal national abortion laws, the law permits only healthcare professionals or trained health workers to perform legal abortion and the majority require the abortion to take place in a specified health facility. With policy surveillance methods we can illuminate characteristics of law across many jurisdictions and the need for widespread reform, toward laws that reflect scientific evidence and the way people have abortions.
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageFrench
dc.languageSpanish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isofra
dc.language.isoesp
dc.relation.ispartofFaculty/ Researcher Works
dc.relation.haspartSexual and Reproductive Health Matters, Vol. 30
dc.relation.isreferencedbyTaylor and Francis
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectAbortion
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectMedical abortion
dc.subjectSelf-managed abortion
dc.subjectComparative law
dc.subjectPolicy surveillance
dc.subjectLegal epidemiology
dc.titlePolicy surveillance for a global analysis of national abortion laws
dc.typeText
dc.type.genreJournal article
dc.contributor.groupCenter for Public Health Law Research (Temple University. James E. Beasley School of Law)
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2022.2064208
dc.ada.noteFor Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation, including help with reading this content, please contact scholarshare@temple.edu
dc.description.schoolcollegeTemple University. James E. Beasley School of Law
dc.creator.orcidGhorashi|0000-0001-6352-4969
dc.temple.creatorSkuster, Patty
dc.temple.creatorGhorashi, Adrienne R.
refterms.dateFOA2022-09-01T16:19:34Z


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
SkusterGhorashi-JournalArticle ...
Size:
653.2Kb
Format:
PDF

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC