Department of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Mar;103(3):400-4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301154. Epub 2013 Jan 17.
In Sri Lanka, women do not have access to legal abortion except under life-saving circumstances. Clandestine abortion services are, however, available and quite accessible. Although safe specialist services are available to women who can afford them, others access services under unsafe and exploitative conditions. At the time of this writing, a draft bill that will legalize abortion in instances of rape, incest, and fetal abnormalities awaits approval, amid opposition. In this article, I explore the current push for legal reform as a solution to unsafe abortion. Although a welcome effort, this amendment alone will be insufficient to address the public health consequences of unsafe abortion in Sri Lanka because most women seek abortions for other reasons. Much broader legal and policy reform will be required.
在斯里兰卡，除了在挽救生命的情况下，女性无法进行合法堕胎。然而，私下里提供的堕胎服务却很容易获得。尽管有安全的专科服务提供给有能力支付费用的女性，但其他女性则在不安全和剥削性的条件下获得服务。在撰写本文时，一项将在强奸、乱伦和胎儿畸形的情况下使堕胎合法化的法案草案正面临反对意见等待批准。在本文中，我探讨了当前推动法律改革以解决不安全堕胎问题的做法。虽然这是一个受欢迎的努力，但仅这项修正案不足以解决斯里兰卡不安全堕胎对公共卫生造成的后果，因为大多数女性堕胎还有其他原因。因此，需要进行更广泛的法律和政策改革。
