Managing unplanned pregnancies in five countries: Perspectives on contraception and abortion decisions

Contraception use and unplanned pregnancies among injection drug-using women in St Petersburg, Russia.

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence of contraceptive methods and investigated whether abortion rates influence contraceptive behaviour among injection drug-using (IDU) women in St Petersburg, Russia. METHODOLOGY A self-administered questionnaire of behaviour in the last 3 months was applied to a convenient sample of IDU women. RESULTS Of 80 sexually active partici...

[Intrauterine contraception in nulliparous women as a strategy to reduce unplanned pregnancies in Latin America].

UNLABELLED Due high rates of unplanned pregnancy and unsafe abortion in young women in Latin America intrauterine contraception, by its great contraceptive efficacy, should be offered by the public services of health in a more generalized way. However, some negative prejudices prevail over the perception of its benefits. The aim of this article was to explore the most relevant myths around this...

Determinants of emergency contraception non-use among women in unplanned or ambivalent pregnancies.

Objective To analyze the determinants of emergency contraception non-use among women in unplanned and ambivalent pregnancies. Method Cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 366 pregnant women from 12 primary health care units in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. A multinomial logistic regression was performed, comparing three groups: women who used emergency contraception to prevent o...

Contraception, Abortion and State Socialism

The paper explores the politics of birth control in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with Russia, Poland and Romania as main cases. By looking at abortion and contraception policies and discourses during and after state socialism, I will discuss to what extent the transition has affected birth control policies. Furthermore, constructions of birth control under and after state socialism are use...

Eugenics, contraception, abortion and ethics.