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Throughout history, naturally occurring herbs and plants have been used to induce abortion and end unwanted pregnancies in Latin
America. Other common practices of inducing illegal abortions include the insertion of objects such as sticks and catheters into the uterus in order to rupture the amniotic
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In the hope of curbing high mortality rates among Cuban women attempting self-abortions, the Cuban government decriminalized abortion in 1965. The fight for legalization was furthered in 1979, when legislation was passed to make abortion more easily accessible by Cuban women. Since then, abortion in
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However, as private abortions climbed in numbers, so did mortality rates among women seeking then-illegal abortions. It was the spike in mortality rates that sparked the 1965 liberalization of legal abortion, which was no longer restricted to extreme cases and was to be carried out by public doctors
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The pre-revolutionary fertility rate in Cuba was extremely low, compared to its Latin
American peers, and dropped as low as 26 per 1,000 people in 1958. Post-revolutionary Cuba experienced a significant baby boom, which peaked in the mid-1960s. Following the increased fertility rate alongside the
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Other contraceptives and methods of birth control are still very commonly used in Cuba, in addition to abortion, as means of fertility regulation. While abortion remains a highly popular method for fertility regulation in Cuba, the IUD and oral contraceptives are the most popular preventative
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Cuba's data shows a lack of correlation between the use of contraception and the abortion rate. Other Latin
American countries, such as Chile, have observed decreased hospitalization rates related to unsafe abortion complications after the popularization of contraceptive use. Cuba, however,
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1965 decriminalization of abortion, legal abortion rates in Cuba rose dramatically. By 1977, the Cuban population reached 420 legal abortions per 1,000 pregnancies, one of the highest legal abortion ratios in the world during the 1970s.
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39:. While the nature of this law was highly restrictive, the law itself was not strictly enforced, which meant that abortion was still accessible even before its legalization.
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Paxman, John M.; Rizo, Alberto; Brown, Laura; Benson, Janie (1993-01-01). "The
Clandestine Epidemic: The Practice of Unsafe Abortion in Latin America".
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One possible explanation for this lack of correlation could be the high failure rates of contraceptives in Cuba, which rose as high as 20%, in 1987.
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Bélanger, Danièle; Flynn, Andrea (2009-01-01). "The
Persistence of Induced Abortion in Cuba: Exploring the Notion of an "Abortion Culture"".
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sac to trigger termination. However, such methods of abortion are highly unsafe and often result in serious complications for the woman.
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Abortions after 10 weeks require a formal evaluation that is conducted by a committee of gynecologists and a psychologist.
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Cuba has remained easily accessible as well as free countrywide from Cuba's national public healthcare system.
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Hollerbach, Paula E. (1980-01-01). "Recent Trends in
Fertility, Abortion and Contraception in Cuba".
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37:pregnancy because of rape
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730:Abortion under communism
580:Turks and Caicos Islands
1780:Dilation and evacuation
1729:Conscientious objection
1714:History of abortion law
740:Crisis pregnancy center
689:Anti-abortion movements
122:"Country Profile: Cuba"
1966:Women's rights in Cuba
1785:Dilation and curettage
1749:Late-term restrictions
1269:Bosnia and Herzegovina
845:Sex-selective abortion
725:Anti-abortion violence
510:British Virgin Islands
244:Andaya, Elise (2014).
23:because of widespread
1842:Self-induced abortion
840:Self-induced abortion
765:Genetics and abortion
661:Philosophical aspects
450:Saint Kitts and Nevis
1805:Menstrual extraction
1754:Parental involvement
1216:United Arab Emirates
830:Prenatal development
51:Current legal status
1941:Abortion by country
1815:Abortifacient drugs
1535:Trinidad and Tobago
850:Sidewalk counseling
835:Reproductive rights
800:Minors and abortion
465:Trinidad and Tobago
360:Antigua and Barbuda
79:Society and culture
1709:Constitutional law
1500:Dominican Republic
825:Post-abortion care
785:Limit of viability
770:Late-term abortion
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