The social profile of women requesting abortion care in Flanders, Belgium : an analysis of subsequent abortions and of abortion care during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract: Abortion care is a complex and still widely debated topic, also in a context where it is legal and services are accessible for (many but not all) people in need of abortion care. The general aim of this Ph.D. is twofold: to contribute to the scientific knowledge about this complex topic and to gain more knowledge on abortion care in Flanders. More specifically, the focus is on subsequent abortions (i.e. when the same woman has more than one abortion), and on abortion care during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through analysing anonymised patient records from the Flemish abo... Mehr ...