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Session 190:
Roles of family members and health providers in abortion in Southern countries

Friday, October 02
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Karam 5
Ourika Area
Chair: Agnes Guillaume, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
Discussant: Silvina Ramos, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES)

1. Family ties: household influences on women’s decisions to attempt abortions in Madhya Pradesh, India  •  Jeffrey Edmeades, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW); Kerry MacQuarrie, University of Washington; Laura Nyblade, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

2. Norms surrounding access to abortion in Lomé (Togo): discourses of women and health care personnel  •  Afiwa N'bouke, Université de Montréal

3. Male attitudes to cases of unwanted pregnancy and their involvement in abortion decision making in southwest Nigeria  •  Olasupo P. Ogunjuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University; Sunday Adedini, Obafemi Awolowo University

4. Pathways to unsafe abortion in Ghana: the role of male partners, women, and health providers  •  Hilary Schwandt, Johns Hopkins University; Andreea A. Creanga, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kwabena Danso, University of Ghana; Richard M.K. Adanu, University of Ghana; Michelle J. Hindin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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