Ghana
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Ghana – The battle of values: Health practitioners make medical decisions based on personal values
By Mathias AbobaWomen seeking legal abortion care including life-threatening complications due to abortion (post-abortion complication) or after suffering miscarriage may be denied care by some health service providers in Ghana due to their religious or moral beliefs, a research finding has revealed. According to the study, which looked at Conscience-based Objection to abortion care or […]
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Ghana
Prevalence of conscientious objection to legal abortion among clinicians in northern Ghana John K. Awoonor-Williams, Peter Baffoe, Philip K. Ayivor, Chris Fofie, Sheila Desai, Wendy Chavkin, Int J Gynecol Obstet 2017; 140: 31–36 Abstract: Objective: To assess the prevalence of conscientious objection (CO), motivations, knowledge of Ghana’s abortion law, attitudes, and behaviors toward abortion provision […]