Estimación del aborto inducido en Costa Rica

Guttmacher Institute

Acontecimientos en las leyes sobre aborto inducido:1998–2007

La falta de acceso de las mujeres al aborto legal es uno de los principales factores que contribuyen a las altas tasas de mortalidad y morbilidad maternas a nivel mundial.Este artículo describe cambios en la situación legal del aborto en países de todo el mundo a partir de 1998

Minors’ Access to Contraceptive Services

Over the past 30 years, states have expanded minors’ authority to consent to health care, including care related to sexual activity. This trend reflects U.S. Supreme Court rulings extending the constitutional right to privacy to a minor’s decision to obtain contraceptives and concluding that rights do not “come into being magically only when one attains the state-defined age of majority.” It also reflects the recognition that while parental involvement is desirable, many minors will remain sexually active but not seek services if they have to tell their parents. As a result, confidentiality is vital to ensuring minors’ access to contraceptive services. Even when a state has no relevant policy or case law, physicians may commonly provide medical care to a mature minor without parental consent, particularly if the state allows a minor to consent to related health services.

El aborto en los Estados Unidos

Los datos presentados fuera de contexto y el uso de mitos en lugar de hechos son comunes en el debate en torno al aborto en los Estados Unidos. La desinformación se extiende incluso a las preguntas más básicas: ¿Quiénes son las mujeres que tienen abortos? ¿Por qué deciden terminar el embarazo? ¿Cuáles son sus circunstancias de vida? El Guttmacher Institute trata muchas de estas preguntas en su video en inglés “Abortion in the United States”, el cual ha recibido más de 82,000 visitas en YouTube desde que se lanzó en mayo de 2011. Nos complace poner a tu disposición esta herramienta informativa en español. El propósito del video “El aborto en los Estados Unidos” es asegurar que el debate en torno al aborto esté basado en evidencia rigurosa y situado en un contexto adecuado junto a temas relacionados, tales como el embarazo no planeado, el uso de anticonceptivos y la educación sexual.

Assessment of Youth-Friendly Postabortion Care Services: A Global Tool for Assessing and Improving Postabortion Care for Youth

This tool is designed to help assessment teams, project managers, supervisors, and providers collect detailed information on the quality of Postabortion Care (PAC) services provided to adolescents at a given facility in order to make services more youth-friendly. It can also be used before PAC services have been established to see how best to design PAC services to meet youth’s needs. The assessment process facilitates the development of action plans for quality improvement that can help facilities address policy, operations, training, and other program areas needing adjustments and change. The tool also provides essential baseline information, allowing for repeated applications to measure changes and the impact of program interventions. Although the tool is primarily for use by a team, it may also be used by an individual.