ArticleCulture, health & sexuality2014
Contemplating abortion: HIV-positive women's decision to terminate pregnancy.
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- Medical and surgical abortion for women living with HIV.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Reproductive decision-making of Black women living with HIV: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Abortion and its association with antiretroviral therapy among young women living with HIV in northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study.AIDS research and therapy · 2025Article
- Motivations regarding continuing or terminating pregnancy in women with high-risk pregnancies: a scoping review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Review
- HIV and induced abortion among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Île-de-France: Results of the PARCOURS study.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
- Pregnancy incidence, outcomes and associated factors in a cohort of women living with HIV/AIDS in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1996-2016.Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Article
- The Intersection of HIV, Social Vulnerability, and Reproductive Health: Analysis of Women Living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1996 to 2016.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Factors related to fertility desire among female sex workers living with HIV in the Dominican Republic.BMC women's health · 2018Article
- Reproductive history before and after HIV diagnosis: A cross-sectional study in HIV-positive women in Spain.Medicine · 2017Article
- International Congress of Drug Therapy in HIV Infection 23-26 October 2016, Glasgow, UK.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Article
- Human rights and the sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV--a literature review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2015Review
- Sexual and reproductive health and human rights of women living with HIV.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2015Article
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Abstract
Research on pregnancy termination largely assumes HIV status is the only reason why HIV-positive women contemplate abortion. As antiretroviral treatment (ART) becomes increasingly available and women are living longer, healthier lives, the time has come to consider the influence of other factors on HIV-positive women's reproductive decision-making. Because ART has been free and universally available to Brazilians for more than two decades, Brazil provides a unique context in which to explore these issues. A total of 25 semi-structured interviews exploring women's pregnancy termination decision-making were conducted with women receiving care at the Reference Centre for HIV/AIDS in Salvador, Brazil. Interviews were transcribed, translated into English and coded for analysis. HIV played different roles in women's decision-making. In all, 13 HIV-positive women did not consider terminating their pregnancy. Influential factors described by those who did consider terminating their pregnancy included fear of HIV transmission, fear of HIV-related stigma, family size, economic constraints, partner and provider influence, as well as lack of access to pregnancy termination services and abortifacients. For some HIV-positive women in Brazil, HIV can be the only reason to consider terminating a pregnancy, but other factors are significant. A thorough understanding of all variables affecting reproductive decision-making is necessary for enhancing services and policies and better meeting the needs and rights of HIV-positive women.
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