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Reproductive Health

Findings from C. Rossier and co-authors broaden understanding of reproductive health

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, January 27th, 2008

According to recent research from Paris, France, "Abortion in Burkina Faso is a subject that neither abortion providers nor women want to talk about."

"Abortion providers fear criminal prosecution; women's silence is dictated more by the wish to avoid the Stigma Of G ''shameful'' pregnancy. Qualitative investigations in Burkina Faso among 13 key informants in a rural village in 2000 and 30 women and men aware of experience of abortion in the capital Ouagadougou in 2001, explored two paradoxes: what prompts women and providers to reveal something they want to be kept totally secret, and how do women keep their abortion secret while nevertheless talking to others about...

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