1991/04/01 by Nelly Krayacich de Oddone, Michele G. Shedlin, Michael Welsh +3
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Global Maternal and Child Health #Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare #Reproductive Health and Contraception
paper · doi:10.1017/s0021932000019210
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This study was conducted in 1985 in Asunción, Paraguay, 6 years after the closure of the state supported family planning services. Data from national surveys in 1977 and 1987 permit a comparison of sources of contraceptive supplies before and after the elimination of government support for family planning. The purchase of pseudo-abortifacients from private pharmacies was used as an indication of induced abortion. After the loss of government clinics, it is suggested that some women turned to pharmacists to obtain pseudo-abortifacients when faced with unwanted pregnancy. There is an indication of increased pseudo-abortifacient use, particularly among unmarried women and those from poorer neighbourhoods.