Extra-legal abortion and post-abortion care knowledge, attitudes, and practices among obstetrician-gynecologist clinicians and medical residents in San José, Costa Rica: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Blake Erhardt-Ohren (Author), Ellyn Pier (Author), Daniel Arroyo (Author), Whitney Cole (Author), McKaylah Hilliard (Author), Adriana Otero-Gonzalez (Author), Oscar Hidalgo-Mora (Author), Sebastian Ospina-Henao (Author), Roger Rochat (Author), Anna Newton-Levinson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Induced abortion in Costa Rica is illegal in all cases except to save the life of the pregnant person. Despite severe restrictions to legal abortion, individuals in Costa Rica still induce abortions outside of the formal healthcare system. These individuals and those with spontan...