“I wasn’t sure it would work. I was just trying”: an ethnographic study on the choice of abortion methods among young women in Kilifi County, Kenya, and Atlantique Department, Benin
Abstract Background Despite the increased availability of safe abortion methods in sub-Saharan Africa, women and girls continue to use unsafe abortion methods and procedures to terminate their unwanted pregnancies, resulting in severe complications, lifelong disabilities, and death. Barriers to safe...
Main Authors: | Gladys Akinyi Omondi, Jonna Both, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Grace Kimemia, Kenneth Juma |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-12-01
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Series: | Reproductive Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-023-01720-x |
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