The unmet need for safe abortion in Turkey: a role for medical abortion and training of medical students
Abortion has been legal and safe in Turkey
since 1983, but the unmet need for safe abortion services remains high.
Many medical practitioners believe that the introduction of medical
abortion would address this. However, since 2012 there has been political
opposition to the provision of abortion services. The government has been
threatening to restrict the law, and following an administrative change in
booking of appointments, some hospital clinics that provided family
planning and abortion services had to stop providing abortions.
Source: Reproductive Health Matters - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sare Mihciokur, Ayse Akin, Bahar Guciz Dogan, Sevkat Bahar Ozvaris Tags: FEATURE Source Type: research
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