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SUBMITTER: Hajri S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686168 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hajri Selma S Raifman Sarah S Gerdts Caitlin C Baum Sarah S Foster Diana Greene DG
PloS one 20151218 12
Barriers to accessing legal abortion services in Tunisia are increasing, despite a liberal abortion law, and women are often denied wanted legal abortion services. In this paper, we seek to explore the reasons for abortion denial and whether these reasons had a legal or medical basis. We also identify barriers women faced in accessing abortion and make recommendations for improved access to quality abortion care. We recruited women immediately after they had been turned away from legal abortion ...[more]