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Friday, October 2 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM   •   Karam 5

Session 190:
Roles of family members and health providers in abortion in Southern countries

Chair: Agnes Guillaume, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
Discussant: Silvina Ramos, Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad (CEDES)

  1. Family ties: household influences on women’s decisions to attempt abortions in Madhya Pradesh, India • Jeffrey Edmeades, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) ; Kerry MacQuarrie, University of Washington ; Laura Nyblade, International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)

  2. Norms surrounding access to abortion in Lomé (Togo): discourses of women and health care personnel • Afiwa N'bouke, Université de Montréal

  3. Male attitudes to cases of unwanted pregnancy and their involvement in abortion decision making in southwest Nigeria • Olasupo P. Ogunjuyigbe, Obafemi Awolowo University ; Sunday Adedini, Obafemi Awolowo University

  4. Pathways to unsafe abortion in Ghana: the role of male partners, women, and health providers • Hilary Schwandt, Johns Hopkins University ; Andreea A. Creanga, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ; Kwabena Danso, University of Ghana ; Richard M.K. Adanu, University of Ghana ; Michelle J. Hindin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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