title: Post-diagnosis abortion in women living with HIV/Aids in the south of Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand how the HIV diagnosis combines with other factors that influence the decision to abort.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected during a crossover study of women aged between 18 and 49 years old and seen in public health services in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The life stories of 18 interviewees who had post-diagnosis abortion were reconstructed on a timeline, using information collected quantitatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The time between the diagnosis and abortion was 2 years or less for more than half of the women. For some, post-diagnosis abortion did not mean the end of reproductive life. The most frequent reason for terminating pregnancy was to be living with HIV; however, only some of the women who stated having this motivation did not have post-diagnosis children. Changing partners between pregnancies was a recurring finding; however, in most pregnancies that ended in abortion, the women lived with their partners.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The analysis of the reproductive trajectory of the women studied showed that there is no specific profile of the woman who aborts after receiving the HIV diagnosis. Although this diagnosis may be involved in the decision to terminate a pregnancy, it does not necessarily result in the end of a woman's reproductive trajectory. Thus, abortion should be understood within a diversity of decision-making processes and the specific moment of a woman's life story.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, flaviapilecco@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Flávia Bulegon
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Pilecco
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Assistência e Orientação Profissional, Escola de Enfermagem, UFRGS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luciana Barcellos
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, flaviapilecco@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Álvaro
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Vigo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil, flaviapilecco@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Daniela Riva
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Knauth
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult