Juniper Publishers : The Willingness of Residents in Obstetrics and Gynecology to Provide Legal Abortion Services According to their Opinion on how Liberalization of the Abortion Law would affect Abortion Rates
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS- JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY AND WOMEN’S HEALTH Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health-Juniper Publishers Authored by Faúndes A* Abstract Objective: Bearing in mind the restrictive abortion laws in Brazil, the objective of the present study was to evaluate a possible association between the opinion of Brazilian obstetrics and gynecology residents regarding how liberalization of abortion laws would affect abortion rates and their willingness to provide legal abortion services. Study design: This was a multicenter survey conducted with residents in obstetrics and gynecology from maternity hospitals in four different regions of Brazil who answered a questionnaire enquiring about their willingness to provide abortion care and their opinion on the effect of the legal...