Medical point of view of abortion, risks and situation in Mexico
The attitudes of doctors who represent the trained sector closest to the daily reality of induced abortion have been subject to interest in different countries. Their attitudes against this health problem have depended on diverse factors that today deserve more attention in society. Different investigations have shown that the attitudes of doctors against abortion influence diverse factors, which cover those of ethical, religious, political, legal and medical-scientific nature;It has also been observed that these attitudes are related to elements such as gender, age or type of practice that professionals perform. Research on this issue has been scarce in the country and there is not enough evidence to predict the response of doctors, as a union sector, given a reform to liberalize the laws that regulate the practice of abortion.
It has been pointed out that ethical and religious principles play an important role in the attitude of doctors against abortion;Studies conducted in the United States, for example, have shown that those who declare practicing Catholics have greater ethical and moral reserves in the face of the problem. Some works have explored how gender differences influence doctors’ position;According to their results, doctors have more liberal attitudes and support to a greater extent than their colleagues men’s access to abortion without restrictions.
The findings of different authors allow to see that even in countries where laws admit abortion under broad conditions (medical reasons, socio -economic motifs, or at the request of women), sectors of doctors with diverse positions coexist, from which some favor free choiceof women, others approve the procedure only in certain situations, and others oppose it.
Abortion risks.
Even under the conditions of maximum ideal medical supervision and hygiene, induced abortion involves numerous risks and possible short and long term complications as well as serious complications including the following;Abortion is not successful and pregnancy continues, there is also the possibility of pregnancy tissue remains or blood clots in the uterus. There is very abundant bleeding, infections, cervix lesions, uterus or other organs., Without ruling out the allergic reaction to medicines and in exceptional cases, some complications can be very serious or even potentially mortal.
Current situation in Mexico about abortion
Currently, pregnancy and childbirth among the adolescent population are phenomena that almost frequently manifest themselves and whose adverse effects are immediately reflected in the living conditions of the young people themselves. Abortion in Mexico is legal when it is due to certain circumstances contemplated in the law. These circumstances are known as causes, and each state of the country determines which of them accepts. In total, Mexico has 8 grounds for which it can be aborted without being considered a crime;When pregnancy is the product of a violation (in the 32 states), when the continuation of pregnancy affects the health of women or if pregnancy puts the life of women at risk. Similarly, if the product presents some severe congenital malformation, if the pregnancy is the product of artificial insemination against the will of the woman, if the abortion was caused recklessly, that is, by accident, and external factors such asWhen the precarious economy of women aggravates the pregnancy or if it is for the free decision of the woman.
Abortion due to women’s free decision can be made within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and is only allowed in Mexico City and Oaxaca. However, public health services, as well as private clinics, also offer attention to women that come from other states of the Republic, or even other countries.
However, it is stipulated in state constitutions, in a few cases abortion has been allowed for these causes. The reasons vary, but the constant is that conservatism has prevailed, has been canceled in women’s law, even those who suffered violations, and the millenary alliance between the Church and the State has been expressed to submit women throughof your sexuality.
Despite being legalized, many women find countless obstacles to access the legal interruption of pregnancy. There are only twelve legal clinics to practice interruption for free, for a population of more than eight million inhabitants, where half of this population is covered by the female sector. Of these twelve clinics, only two are intended to serve foreign women, most of them from states adjacent to the capital of the country.
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