Open Access Journal of Gynecology
Research Article
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Opinion about Women’s Right to Abortion after Rape, and Willingness to Provide Safe Abortion Services by Brazilian Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Keywords
Legal Abortion
Rape
Opinion on Legal Abortion
Willingness to Provide Abortion
Abstract
Most Brazilian gynecologists agreed that abortion should be permitted after rape, but only half of them are willing to provide such services in public hospitals
Conflict of interest
The authors have no conflicts of interest.
- N
- (%)
- Total
- Abortion should be allowed after rape
- 2,802
- (84.8)
- 3.304*
- Willing to carry out uterine evacuation after rape
- 976
- (31.0) 3.151**
- Willing only to prescribe misoprostol after rape
- 421
- (13.4) 3.151**
- Not willing to perform abortions after rape
- 1,754
- (55.6) 3.151**
Table 1: Percentage of respondents who believe abortion
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