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Sixteen-year-old Nguyen Thanh Binh and her father both cry as they beg a doctor to perform an abortion on her, even though Binh is already 17-weeks pregnant. Several hours later, Binh — pale, tired and eyes red from crying — comes out from behind an operating room in Hanoi's Obstetrics Hospital. |
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Abortion has been available on request in Vietnam since 1960. Vietnamese law permits abortions at up to 22 weeks of pregnancy for a broad range of health and social grounds, and abortion services are widely available through the government health system and registered private clinics.
While based in Hanoi, Ipas Vietnam expanded the model of comprehensive abortion care (CAC) — a system of care that includes thorough explanations of abortion procedures, after care and contraceptive counseling — to all levels of the health system. In June 2009, after having worked closely with partner organizations for 15 successful years to expand access to safe abortion care to women, Ipas handed over the program to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.
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