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Record W2095539600 · doi:10.1016/s0968-8080(12)40652-8

Misoprostol and the politics of abortion in Sri Lanka

2012· article· en· W2095539600 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueReproductive Health Matters · 2012
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicReproductive Health and Contraception
Canadian institutionsPublic Health OntarioUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMisoprostolAbortionUnsafe abortionAbortion lawMedicineSri lankaMedical abortionContext (archaeology)Family medicineEconomic growthFamily planningPolitical scienceSocioeconomicsPopulationEnvironmental healthPregnancySociologyTanzaniaGeography

Abstract

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Misoprostol, a WHO essential medicine indicated for labour induction, management of miscarriage and post-partum haemorrhage, as well as for induced abortion and treatment of post-abortion complications, came up for registration in Sri Lanka in December 2010. The decision on registration was postponed, indefinitely. This has wide-ranging implications, as misoprostol is widely available and used, including by health professionals in Sri Lanka, without guidance or training in its use. This paper attempts to situate the failure to register misoprostol within the broader context of unsafe abortion, drawing on data from interviews with physicians and health policymakers in Sri Lanka. It demonstrates how personal opposition to abortion infiltrates policy decisions and prevents the issue of unsafe abortion being resolved. Any move to reform abortion law and policy in Sri Lanka will require a concerted effort, spearheaded by civil society. Women and communities affected by the consequences of unsafe abortion need to be involved in these efforts. Regardless of the law, women will access abortion services if they need them, and providers will provide them. Decriminalizing abortion and registering abortion medications will make provision of abortion services safer, less expensive and more equitable.RésuméLe misoprostol, médicament essentiel de l'OMS indiqué pour le déclenchement du travail, la prise en charge des fausses-couches et des hémorragies du post-partum, ainsi que pour l'interruption de grossesse et le traitement des complications de l'avortement, aurait dû être enregistré à Sri Lanka en décembre 2010. La décision sur son enregistrement a été reportée, indéfiniment, ce qui a de vastes conséquences car le misoprostol est disponible et utilisé largement, notamment par les professionnels de la santé à Sri Lanka, sans conseils ni formation à son utilisation. Cet article tente de placer le non-enregistrement du misoprostol dans le contexte plus large de l'avortement à risque, se fondant sur des données recueillies lors d'entretiens avec des médecins et des décideurs à Sri Lanka. Il démontre comment l'opposition personnelle à l'avortement influence les décisions politiques et empêche de résoudre le problème de l'avortement à risque. Toute mesure pour réformer la loi et la politique sur l'avortement exigera un effort concerté, dirigé par la société civile. Les femmes et les communautés touchées par les conséquences de l'avortement à risque doivent être associées à ces activités. Quelle que soit la loi, si elles en ont besoin, les femmes auront accès aux services d'avortement et les prestataires les leur fourniront. En dépénalisant l'avortement et en enregistrant les médicaments, on rendra les services d'avortement plus sûrs, moins onéreux et plus équitables.ResumenMisoprostol, uno de los medicamentos esenciales de la OMS indicado para inducción del parto, manejo de pérdidas del embarazo y hemorragia posparto, así como para aborto inducido y tratamiento de las complicaciones postaborto, fue considerado para ser registrado en Sri Lanka en diciembre de 2010. La decisión fue aplazada por tiempo indefinido. Esto tiene implicaciones de gran alcance, ya que en Sri Lanka el misoprostol está disponible y es utilizado extensamente, incluso por profesionales de la salud, sin orientación o capacitación en su uso. Este artículo, basado en datos de entrevistas con profesionales médicos y formuladores de políticas de salud en Sri Lanka, intenta situar el no registrar el misoprostol en el contexto más amplio de aborto inseguro. Se demuestra cómo la oposición personal al aborto infiltra en las decisiones de políticas e impide que se resuelva el problema de aborto. Todo intento de reformar la ley y políticas referentes al aborto en Sri Lanka requerirá un esfuerzo concertado, encabezado por la sociedad civil. Las mujeres y comunidades afectadas por las consecuencias del aborto inseguro deben participar en estos esfuerzos. Independientemente de la ley, las mujeres obtendrán servicios de aborto si los necesitan y los prestadores de servicios se los proporcionarán. Si se despenaliza el aborto y se registran los medicamentos para inducir el aborto, la prestación de servicios de aborto será más segura, menos costosa y más equitativa.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.187
Threshold uncertainty score0.305

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.022
GPT teacher head0.331
Teacher spread0.309 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it