ArticleFrontiers in global women's health2022
"I was afraid they will be judging me and even deny me the service": Experiences of denial and dissuasion during abortion care in Ethiopia.
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- Experiences and self-reported outcomes of abortion care in Sub-Saharan countries: a mixed methods systematic review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- "One's life becomes even more miserable when we hear all those hurtful words". A mixed methods systematic review of disrespect and abuse in abortion care.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- The magnitude of second-trimester induced abortion and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Pooled it
- 'Moving People up the Sympathy Spectrum': Building Hypotheses About How Abortion Values Clarification and Attitude Transformation (VCAT) Can Change Healthcare Provider Behaviours.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Development of patient-reported experience and patient-reported outcome measurement tool for abortion care in Ethiopia: a mixed-method study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- 'I chose to keep it secret:' a qualitative study on the lived experience of women who underwent an abortion in Ethiopia.International health · 2026Article
- Abortion care pathways in Addis Ababa healthcare facilities: a qualitative descriptive study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Women's perceptions of person-centered comprehensive abortion care and associated factors in Northern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study in a humanitarian setting.Conflict and health · 2026Article
- Quality of Medication Abortion Services From Pharmacies and Drugstores in Ethiopia: A Two-Stage Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Understanding the Ethiopian policy landscape on abortion services using a health policy triangle framework.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Estimating the incidence of induced abortion among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- From political priority to service delivery: complexities to real-life priority of abortion services in Ethiopia.Health policy and planning · 2024Article
- Typologies of interactions between abortion seekers and healthcare workers in Australia: a qualitative study exploring the impact of stigma on quality of care.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Challenges and opportunities from using abortion harm reduction and value clarification and attitude transformation engagements for safe abortion advocacy in Uganda.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Perinatal palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa: recommendations for practice, future research, and guideline development.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Disrespect and abuse are components of poor quality abortion care. This analysis aimed to understand negative experiences of care from perspectives of abortion clients in public and private facilities in Ethiopia. Study Design: We conducted 23 in-depth interviews with people who obtained abortion care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as well as Aksum and Mekele in Tigray State, Ethiopia. The interviews were coded using Results: Participants experienced denial of abortion services along their pathway to care and attempts by providers to dissuade them prior to providing an abortion. Underlying both the denial and the dissuasion were reports of disrespect and condemnation from providers. Participants described how providers doubted or forced them to justify their reasons for having an abortion, stigmatized them for seeking multiple abortions or later abortions, and ascribed misinformation about abortion safety. Despite reports of denial, dissuasion, and disrespect, abortion clients generally felt that providers had their best interest at heart and were grateful for having access to an abortion. Conclusions: Participants in Ethiopia experienced providers as gatekeepers to legal abortion services, facing disrespect and judgment at facilities where they sought care. Interventions aimed at increasing awareness of abortion laws such that clients understand their rights and values clarification interventions for providers could help reduce barriers to accessing care and improve the quality of abortion services.
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