Post-Abortion Care

The two chapters of this book were really surprising. The way that women that underwent either an induced or spontaneous abortion are treated really poorly in countries where abortion is illegal, such as Senegal. Some of the practices like digital evacuation performed on women in Senegal hospitals are not even approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). Low-income women and women that do not abide by the stereotypical societal expectations are harassed during their hospitalization/treatment. Although PAC has been seen to be financially disadvantageous, not efficient, and its ethics are often not being met, some countries persist in keeping abortion illegal. It is also really interesting that induced abortions are very rarely recorded and it is quite difficult to determine whether an abortion was induced or spontaneous. By the statistics, it seems like this system is not working out as well as these countries hoped.

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