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| Title |
The biomedicalisation of illegal abortion: the double life of misoprostol in Brazil
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|---|---|
| Published in |
História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702016000100003 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Silvia De Zordo |
| Abstract |
This paper examines the double life of misoprostol in Brazil, where it is illegally used by women as an abortifacient and legally used in obstetric hospital wards. Based on my doctoral and post-doctoral anthropological research on contraception and abortion in Salvador, Bahia, this paper initially traces the "conversion" of misoprostol from a drug to treat ulcers to a self-administered abortifacient in Latin America, and its later conversion to aneclectic global obstetric tool. It then shows how, while reducing maternal mortality, its use as an illegal abortifacient has reinforced the double reproductive citizenship regime existing in countries with restrictive abortion laws and poor post-abortion care services, where poor women using it illegally are stigmatised, discriminated against and exposed to potentially severe health risks. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Mexico | 1 | 33% |
| Brazil | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 38 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 38 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 5% |
| Researcher | 2 | 5% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 3% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 29 | 76% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 5 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 29 | 76% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 40. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 May 2022.
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