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A global review of penalties for abortion-related offences in 182 countries

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  • Sanhita Ambast Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hazal Atay Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Antonella Lavelanet Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Sanhita Ambast; sanhitaa{at}gmail.com
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Ambast S, Atay H, Lavelanet A
A global review of penalties for abortion-related offences in 182 countries
BMJ Global Health 2023;8:e010405.

Publication history

  • Received August 11, 2022
  • Accepted December 25, 2022
  • First published March 20, 2023.
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March 20, 2023

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