Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina Faso

When faced with unwanted pregnancies and their sanitary consequences, medical abortion with misoprostol, appears as an exit. In Africa, where legislation towards abortion is the most restrictive, this practice is less developed than elsewhere. The use of misoprostol, particularly in French-speaking...

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Main Authors: Carine Baxerres, Ines Boko, Adjara Konkobo, Fatoumata Ouattara, Agnès Guillaume
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Language:fra
Published: Association Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la Santé 2018-02-01
Series:Anthropologie & Santé
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/2872
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Adjara Konkobo
Fatoumata Ouattara
Agnès Guillaume
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description When faced with unwanted pregnancies and their sanitary consequences, medical abortion with misoprostol, appears as an exit. In Africa, where legislation towards abortion is the most restrictive, this practice is less developed than elsewhere. The use of misoprostol, particularly in French-speaking countries, is little documented. This qualitative study, led in Cotonou and Ouagadougou, describes current realities surrounding emotional relations and sexuality, in link with abortion and concrete modes set up for this purpose. We first underline the gap between sexual practices disconnected from reproductive questions and social recommendations widely focused on this association. Then we highlight very different abortion practices in the two countries, among which medical abortion, although in minority, seems to be developing.
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spelling doaj-art-a2ccba0c8ea945958b45ecf27f6d70cc2025-08-20T01:54:58ZfraAssociation Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la SantéAnthropologie & Santé2111-50282018-02-011610.4000/anthropologiesante.2872Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina FasoCarine BaxerresInes BokoAdjara KonkoboFatoumata OuattaraAgnès GuillaumeWhen faced with unwanted pregnancies and their sanitary consequences, medical abortion with misoprostol, appears as an exit. In Africa, where legislation towards abortion is the most restrictive, this practice is less developed than elsewhere. The use of misoprostol, particularly in French-speaking countries, is little documented. This qualitative study, led in Cotonou and Ouagadougou, describes current realities surrounding emotional relations and sexuality, in link with abortion and concrete modes set up for this purpose. We first underline the gap between sexual practices disconnected from reproductive questions and social recommendations widely focused on this association. Then we highlight very different abortion practices in the two countries, among which medical abortion, although in minority, seems to be developing.https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/2872BeninBurkina Fasoabortionmisoprostolsexuality
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Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina Faso
Anthropologie & Santé
Benin
Burkina Faso
abortion
misoprostol
sexuality
title Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina Faso
title_full Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina Faso
title_short Gestion des grossesses non désirées au Bénin et au Burkina Faso
title_sort gestion des grossesses non desirees au benin et au burkina faso
topic Benin
Burkina Faso
abortion
misoprostol
sexuality
url https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/2872
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