Abortion Service Provision in South Asia: A Comparative Study of Four Countries

Nationally representative evidence on abortion service provision is scarce in South Asia. To inform improvements in service provision, this paper assesses the availability of facility-based postabortion services in Nepal, India (six states), Bangladesh and Pakistan, and legal abortion services in India and Nepal and Bangladesh (where the official term used is menstrual regulation or MR).

Source: Contraception - May 28, 2020 Category: OBGYN Authors: Susheela Singh, Aparna Sundaram, Altaf Hossain, Mahesh C. Puri, Zeba Sathar, Chander Shekhar, Marjorie Crowell, Ann M. Moore Source Type: research