To your Editor:
On November 17, 2015, the Pan United states wellness Organization (PAHO) issued an epidemiologic alert regarding Zika virus in Latin America. 1 Several nations afterwards released health advisories, including cautions about microcephaly, declarations of nationwide crisis, and unprecedented warnings urging females to prevent maternity. Yet in many Latin American nations, abortion is unlawful or very limited, 2 making women that are pregnant with few choices.
A nonprofit organization that provides access to abortion medications (mifepristone and misoprostol) outside the formal health care setting through online telemedicine in countries where safe abortion is not universally available for several years, one such option for women in Latin America has been Women on Web ( WoW. 3 We analyzed information pertaining to demands for abortion through WoW between January 1, 2010, and March 2, 2016, in 19 Latin US nations. Utilizing a regression-discontinuity design, we evaluated whether demands for abortion increased following the PAHO alert, when compared with preannouncement styles.
We classified needs based on country that is self-reported of and split nations into three teams: group A, with autochthonous Zika transmission, lawfully limited abortion, and national general public advisories to expectant mothers; team B, without any autochthonous Zika transmission and legally limited abortion; and team C, with autochthonous Zika transmission, legitimately limited abortion, and no nationwide advisories. Continue reading Demands for Abortion in Latin America Pertaining to Concern about Zika Virus visibility