Sexual violence can have devastating effects on individuals, families, communities and societies. The findings from the study presented in this report are part of a regional collaboration in Central America to prevent sexual violence and to ensure that victims and survivors have access to all the services provided by the health and justice systems that they may need.
This research report on second-trimester abortion in Ethiopia—which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world—explores the factors causing women to delay abortion care until the second trimester, thereby facing greater risks of medical complications.
La stigmatisation de l’avortement joue un rôle central dans la marginalisation sociale, médicale et juridique des soins d’avortement à travers le monde et a des conséquences négatives sur la santé des femmes, des jeunes filles, des personnes trans et de leurs communautés. La stigmatisation de l’avortement est à l’origine du nombre élevé de décès et séquelles évitables dus à l’avortement non sécurisé à travers le monde.
Abortion stigma plays a critical role in the social, medical and legal marginalization of abortion care around the world—and it leads to negative health outcomes for women, girls, trans people and our communities. It drives the high number of preventable deaths and injuries around the world due to unsafe abortion.
This is a short tool on how to use the Stigmatizing Attitudes, Beliefs and Actions Scale (SABAS).
