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Abortion knowledge, attitudes and experiences among adolescent girls: a review of the literature.
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- Prevalence and factors associated with induced abortion among reproductive aged women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Unveiling barriers to reproductive health awareness among rural adolescents: a systematic review.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Pooled it
- Estimating abortion incidence and unintended pregnancy among adolescents living in refugee settlements in Uganda.Conflict and health · 2026Article
- Attitudes toward abortion and associated factors among adults and young couples: a population-based study in Kurdistan Province, Iran.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Barriers to Accessing Abortions among Adolescents in the United States.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2026Article
- Abortion knowledge, attitudes and reproductive autonomy among university students in Austria: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Adolescent pregnancy in India: multilevel insights into distribution, determinants and socioeconomic inequalities.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- The Non-Legal Barriers Experienced Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Selected Districts of Rwanda Seeking Safe Abortion Services.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- An ecological model of barriers to accessing care for pregnancy resulting from sexual violence: a rapid review.Reproductive health · 2025Review
- Healthcare provider perspectives on their role in perpetrating and perpetuating reproductive coercion: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Understanding awareness of abortion legality and barriers to service access among adolescent girls in Karnali Province, Nepal: evidence from a mixed methods study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Expanding access to safe ambulatory manual vacuum aspiration abortion up to 14+6 weeks following Argentina's legal reform: an observational study in the public health sector.Reproductive health · 2025Observational
- Modeling and mapping of contextual factors associated with adolescent birth rates in Thailand between 2009 and 2018.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Maternal physical and social characteristics that influence the occurrence of preeclampsia/eclampsia and hemorrhage in Eastern Region of Ghana. A prospective cohort study.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- 'Better she gets infected by other diseases but not pregnancy'. Narratives from adolescent girls and community males following pregnancy escalation during COVID-19 lockdown.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- Association between gender norms and attitudes towards abortion among very young adolescents in Kenya and Nigeria: a quantitative study.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Adolescent abortion care trajectories and safety in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia: A comparative mixed methods study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Themes in Abortion Forum Discussions in a Restrictive Access Context: Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Communication and Counseling Preferences of Women Who Chose Abortion During Adolescence: A Qualitative Study.Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2024Article
- Sexual and reproductive health of Sudanese refugee girls in Chad: mixed methods study with perspectives from 12-19 year old girls, parents, and health workers.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Adolescent girls comprise a considerable proportion of annual abortion deaths, worldwide, with 15% of all unsafe abortions taking place among girls under 20 years of age. Despite recent global attention to the health and welfare of adolescent girls, little is known about their abortion experience, particularly of those under the age of 15 years. This review examines existing peer-reviewed and grey literature on abortion-related experiences of adolescent girls, paying particular attention to girls ages 10-14. In December 2019, the authors conducted a comprehensive search of five major online resource databases, using a two-part keyword search strategy for articles from 2003 to 2019. Of the original 3,100+ articles, 1,228 were individually screened and 35 retained for inclusion in the analysis. Findings show that while adolescent girls may have knowledge of abortion in general, they lack specific knowledge of sources of care and delay care-seeking due to the fear of stigma, lack of resources and provider bias. Adolescent girls do not experience higher rates of physical complications compared to older cohorts, but they are at risk of psychosocial harm. For girls ages 10-14, abortion experience may be compounded by pregnancy due to sexual abuse or transactional sex, and they face even more barriers to care than older adolescents in terms of provider bias and lack of agency. Adolescents have unique needs and experiences around abortion, which should be accounted for in programming and advocacy. Adolescent girls need information about safe abortion at an early age and a responsive and stigma-free health system.
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