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Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland

The tendency towards the radicalization of abortion law is observed in numerous countries, including Poland. The aim of the present paper was to determine the main factors influencing the number of abortions performed worldwide and to indicate the main directions which should be followed to improve...

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Autores principales: Zaręba, Kornelia, Herman, Krzysztof, Kołb-Sielecka, Ewelina, Jakiel, Grzegorz
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8618220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828639
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111594
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author Zaręba, Kornelia
Herman, Krzysztof
Kołb-Sielecka, Ewelina
Jakiel, Grzegorz
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description The tendency towards the radicalization of abortion law is observed in numerous countries, including Poland. The aim of the present paper was to determine the main factors influencing the number of abortions performed worldwide and to indicate the main directions which should be followed to improve the patients’ well-being. The authors conducted their search in the PubMed of the National Library of Medicine and Google Scholar. Databases were extensively searched for all original and review articles/book chapters in English until June 2021. The main problems associated with the contemporary policy of birth regulation include no possibility of undergoing a termination because of the conscience clause invoked by the medical personnel, restrictive abortion law and lack of sexual education. Minimal changes that should be considered are: improved sex education and the availability of contraception, free access to abortion-inducing drugs with adequate information provided by qualified medical personnel in countries with a conscience clause invoked by the personnel, and the development of an international network which would facilitate undergoing a pregnancy termination abroad to provide women with access to legal abortion assisted by professional medical personnel.
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spelling pubmed-86182202021-11-27 Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland Zaręba, Kornelia Herman, Krzysztof Kołb-Sielecka, Ewelina Jakiel, Grzegorz Healthcare (Basel) Review The tendency towards the radicalization of abortion law is observed in numerous countries, including Poland. The aim of the present paper was to determine the main factors influencing the number of abortions performed worldwide and to indicate the main directions which should be followed to improve the patients’ well-being. The authors conducted their search in the PubMed of the National Library of Medicine and Google Scholar. Databases were extensively searched for all original and review articles/book chapters in English until June 2021. The main problems associated with the contemporary policy of birth regulation include no possibility of undergoing a termination because of the conscience clause invoked by the medical personnel, restrictive abortion law and lack of sexual education. Minimal changes that should be considered are: improved sex education and the availability of contraception, free access to abortion-inducing drugs with adequate information provided by qualified medical personnel in countries with a conscience clause invoked by the personnel, and the development of an international network which would facilitate undergoing a pregnancy termination abroad to provide women with access to legal abortion assisted by professional medical personnel. MDPI 2021-11-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8618220/ /pubmed/34828639 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111594 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland
title Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland
title_full Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland
title_fullStr Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland
title_full_unstemmed Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland
title_short Abortion in Countries with Restrictive Abortion Laws—Possible Directions and Solutions from the Perspective of Poland
title_sort abortion in countries with restrictive abortion laws—possible directions and solutions from the perspective of poland
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8618220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828639
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111594
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