Legal termination of pregnancy as an opportunity for expanding postabortion contraception: Experience at the Pereira Rossell Hospital, Montevideo, Uruguay

To determine to what extent women adopted highly effective contraceptive methods after a legal abortion. The data available during a period before and another period after liberalization of the abortion law were reviewed. The data gathering was incomplete and reliable only during certain periods, wh...

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Published in:International journal of gynecology and obstetrics 2016-08, Vol.134 (S1), p.S28
Main Authors: Nozar, Fernanda, Greif, Diego, Coppola, Francisco, Fiol, Verónica, Briozzo, Leonel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion, Legal - legislation & jurisprudence
Adolescent
Adult
Aftercare - organization & administration
Child
Contraception - statistics & numerical data
Contraception Behavior - statistics & numerical data
Family Planning Services - organization & administration
Female
Humans
Maternal Health Services
Middle Aged
Pregnancy
Program Evaluation
Retrospective Studies
Uruguay
Young Adult
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Summary:To determine to what extent women adopted highly effective contraceptive methods after a legal abortion. The data available during a period before and another period after liberalization of the abortion law were reviewed. The data gathering was incomplete and reliable only during certain periods, which were used in the study. There was an increase in the proportion of women who returned for contraception and in the proportion who used any method and long-acting methods; however, no contraception was administered immediately after abortion and only 16% of all women treated started to use a long-acting method during the period after the law was liberalized. The proposed objective was not being achieved, the recommended guidelines were not being followed, and data gathering was incomplete. Good intentions are not enough and it is always necessary to evaluate the performance of a program. The results indicate that immediate reforms are necessary in postabortion contraception services.
ISSN:1879-3479