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Sexual and Reproductive Rights
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Secularism
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Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Unions
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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Comprehensive Sexuality Education
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
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Youth Friendly Services
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Abortion
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Maternal Mortality Prevention
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Compassionate Delivery
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HIV/Aids
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Specialized Services for Gender Based Violence
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Accountability
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Does the legal framework (constitution, national laws, local laws, penal code) permit access to surgical and/or medical abortion on demand (without legal restrictions as to reason)?
Yes, in the whole country
Yes, on specific grounds
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act s 6 (b) (1) (b) (i) (ii) (iii), s 6 (c) and s 7
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The legal framework (constitution, national laws, local laws, penal code) legalizes medical/pharmacological or surgical abortion on the following grounds:
Risk to the woman's life
Preserve woman's health
Congenital diseases or fetal malformation
Rape or incest
Due to economic or social harships
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act s 5 (1) , s 6 (1) and (2) and s 7
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The legal framework (constitution, national laws, local laws, penal code) legalizes medical/pharmacological or surgical abortion on the following grounds:
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Are there individuals (women, physicians, etc.) currently in prison due to abortion-related sentences?
No
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Does the legal framework allow health institutions to exercise the right to conscientious objection in relation to abortion?
No
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act s 11 applies to a person
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Does the legal framework allow individuals to exercise the right to conscientious objection in relation to abortion?
Yes
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act s 11
Medical Practitioners (Code of Conduct and Standards of Practice) Regulations 2008. Interpretation s 12 (4)
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Options:
The staff member wishing to exercise their right to conscientious objection in regards to provision of abortion services must follow a formal procedure in order to be considered a conscientious objector
Conscientious objection cannot be exercised when the woman's life is at risk
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act s 11
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Options:
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Are there specific regulations that establish guidelines to ensure access to legal abortion? (These may include public policies, laws, protocols, guidelines, or a set of standards issued by the ministry.)
National
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act Rules on Abortion Act -
Do official laws and protocols stipulate that professional secrecy must be maintained in relation to legal abortion?
Yes
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act s 14
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Do official laws and protocols stipulate a maximum amount of time that can elapse from the time a woman requests the service until the provider offers it so that the delay will not become a barrier to access?
No
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In cases of legal abortion, do official laws and protocols require a mandatory period of reflection for the woman requesting a legal termination of pregnancy?
Yes
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act Section 4: Counseling
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At what point in the pregnancy care pathway is the legal abortion option offered?
When the woman states that it's an unwanted pregnancy
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Are the Ministry of Health and its staff obliged to provide complete and science-based information on abortion?
No
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act Rules on Abortion Act Section 2 and 3
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Do official laws and protocols stipulate that professional secrecy must be maintained in relation to legal abortion?
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Official laws and protocols add barriers to access by stipulating that the action or intervention of the following actors is necessary for a legal abortion to occur:
Health personnel
Other actors, multiple opinions, or a requirements for high structural standards of health facilities (ex: allowed in hospital or surgical centers only)
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act s 6(2) and s 7 To terminate a pregnancy of no more than 16 weeks, the authorization of two medical practitioners is needed. For terminations after 16 weeks of gestation three medical practitioners need to deem the termination necessary.
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Explain:
Based on the interpretation of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act by Madame Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, mid level providers can deliver medical abortions not more than eight weeks. Such as midwives, nurses & pharmacists can provide abortion pill. https://reprohealthlaw.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/guyana-midwives-nurses-pharmacists-can-provide-abortion-pill/
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Explain:
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What personnel is authorized to practice/prescribe abortion services?
General Practitioners
ObGyns
Midwives
Other health staff
open/closeDocument Notes Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act S 6, 7, 8
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Is Misoprostol registered for obstetric indications?
Yes
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Is Misoprostol included in the list of essential medicines?
Yes
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Is there a sufficient supply of Misoprostol?
Only in some locations or jurisdictions
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Is Misoprostol included in the list of essential medicines?
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Is Mifepristone registered in the country?
Yes
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Do public hospitals provide safe abortion services?
Yes
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Options:
Through surgical abortion
Through medical/pharmacological abortion
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Options:
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Do public hospitals provide safe care for incomplete abortion?
Yes
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Are public legal abortion services free?
Yes (intervention, tests, and treatments)
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Is there a differentiated cost policy for women living in poverty?
Yes
- ¿Los hospitales públicos han limitado la provisión de servicios de aborto en los dos últimos años?
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In the last two years, has the federal government carried out media campaigns or government broadcast programs on the availability of legal abortion services?
There haven’t been any
