title: Access to Contraceptives in Countries With Restrictive Abortion Laws: The Case of Brazil.
abstract: We aimed to determine whether current contraceptive use is affected by a history of abortion for women from a country with abortion-restricted laws. This is an analysis of 2006 Brazil Demographic and Health Survey. Nonpregnant women whose first pregnancy occurred in the previous 5 years were selected for this study (n = 2,181). We used propensity score matching to compare current contraceptive use among women with induced or spontaneous abortion and women with no abortion. We found differences in the use, but women with a history of abortion did not report more effective contraceptive than women with no abortion, as we expected.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Public Health Nursing , School of Nursing, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Luiza Vilela
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: b Department of Population , Family and Reproductive Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Amy Ong
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.affiliation: a Department of Public Health Nursing , School of Nursing, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.affiliation: c Maternal and Child Nursing Department , School of Nursing, University of São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiza Akiko Komura
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hoga
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003268:Contraception Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D003270:Contraceptive Agents