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Health Care Women Int ; 33(11): 1046-59, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23066966

ABSTRACT

Lawyers are important actors shaping the abortion debate in Mexico. Of 250 private and public sector criminal lawyers surveyed from four regions, the majority knew about abortion laws in their states. At least 80% agreed with abortion in cases of rape, risk to a woman's life or health, and fetal malformations. Overall, 61% agreed with the Mexico City law and 84% would defend a woman denied a legal abortion. In multivariate analysis, being very knowledgeable of abortion laws was a significant predictor of more "progressive" abortion opinions, support for the Mexico City law, and support for the health indication.


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Abortion, Induced/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Lawyers/psychology , Public Opinion , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Lawyers/statistics & numerical data , Male , Mexico , Middle Aged , Multivariate Analysis , Pregnancy , Private Sector , Public Sector , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young Adult
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Stud Fam Plann ; 42(3): 191-8, 2011 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21972672

ABSTRACT

In opposition to Mexico City's legalization of first-trimester abortion, 17 Mexican states (53 percent) have introduced initiatives or reforms to ban abortion entirely, and other states have similar legislation pending. We conducted an opinion survey in eight states--four where constitutional amendments have already been approved and four with pending amendments. Using logistic regression analyses, we found that higher education, political party affiliation, and awareness of reforms/initiatives were significantly associated with support for the Mexico City law. Legal abortion was supported by a large proportion of respondents in cases of rape (45-70 percent), risk to a woman's life (55-71 percent), and risk to a woman's health (48-68 percent). A larger percentage of respondents favored the Mexico City law, which limits elective legal abortion to the first 12 weeks of gestation (32-54 percent), than elective abortion without regard to gestational limit (14-31 percent).


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Abortion, Legal/legislation & jurisprudence , Dissent and Disputes , Family Planning Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Family Planning Services/organization & administration , Policy Making , Public Opinion , Abortion, Legal/psychology , Access to Information , Female , Health Surveys , Humans , Male , Mexico , Politics , Pregnancy , Religion and Medicine , Social Stigma , Socioeconomic Factors , Women's Health/legislation & jurisprudence
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