Shaping the abortion policy - competing discourses on the Zambian termination of pregnancy act

• Main Authors: Marte E. S. Haaland (Author), Haldis Haukanes (Author), Joseph Mumba Zulu (Author), Karen Marie Moland (Author), Charles Michelo (Author), Margarate Nzala Munakampe (Author), Astrid Blystad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction The Zambian Termination of Pregnancy Act permits abortion on socio-economic grounds, but access to safe abortion services is limited and this constitutes a considerable problem for rights to sexual and reproductive health. The case of Zambia provides an opportunity to explore t...