ArticleHealth and human rights2017
Exploring Legal Restrictions, Regulatory Reform, and Geographic Disparities in Abortion Access in Thailand.
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- The Effect of Animated Educational Video to Reduce Anxiety Levels Before Outpatient Medical Abortion: A Randomised Controlled Trial.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2025Trial
- Epidemiological trends in abortion and miscarriage between 1990 and 2019.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- A national survey on Thai medical students' attitudes towards abortion and their confidence in providing abortion services following the amendment to abortion law.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2025Article
- Community engagement to develop a dialogue-drama on adolescent pregnancy in a marginalised migrant population on the Thailand-Myanmar border: an ethnographic approach to participatory action research.Global health action · 2024Article
- Mother, child and adolescent health outcomes in two long-term refugee camp settings at the Thai-Myanmar border 2000-2018: a retrospective analysis.Primary health care research & development · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitude, and intended practice of abortion among medical students in Thailand after the amendment of the Thai abortion law.Contraception: X · 2023Article
- The impact of 'grounds' on abortion-related outcomes: a synthesis of legal and health evidence.BMC public health · 2022Review
- Identification of optimal thalassemia screening strategies for migrant populations in Thailand using a qualitative approach.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Necessary but not sufficient: a scoping review of legal accountability for sexual and reproductive health in low-income and middle-income countries.BMJ global health · 2021Article
- Effects of mobile health education on sexual and reproductive health information among female school-going adolescents of rural Thailand.F1000Research · 2021Article
- Knowledge, Moral Attitude, and Practice of Nursing Students Toward Abortion.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
Despite decades of advocacy among Thai governmental and nongovernmental actors to remove abortion from the country's 1957 Criminal Code, this medically necessary service remains significantly legally restricted. In 2005, in the most recent regulatory reform to date, the Thai Medical Council established regulatory measures to allow a degree of physician interpretation within the confines of the existing law. Drawing on findings from a review of institutional policies and legislative materials, key informant interviews, and informal discussions with health service providers, government representatives, and nonprofit stakeholders, this article explores how legal reforms and health policies have shaped the abortion landscape in Thailand and influenced geographic disparities in availability and accessibility. Notwithstanding a strong medical community and the recent introduction of mifepristone for medication abortion (also known as medical abortion), the narrow interpretation of the regulatory criteria by physicians further entrenches these disparities. This article examines the causes of subnational disparities, focusing on the northern provinces and the western periphery of Thailand, and explores strategies to improve access to abortion in this legally restricted setting.
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