Abortion safety in Ghana: does motivation matter?
Women in Ghana who seek abortion for reasons not deemed legal are at a significantly higher risk of obtaining less safe and least safe abortions. Ghana's abortion law should be expanded to include these additional abortion motivations to ensure that women can obtain legal and safe abortions on broader grounds.
Authors
- Kim G. Harley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7077-1474)
- Ndola Prata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5913-0737)
- Karen Weidert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5538-2286)
- Maureen Lahiff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7522-4314)
- Jalang Conteh
Institutions
- Berkeley Public Health Division (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25018-8
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Ghana