Abortion as a Global Health issue
On this episode of This Week in Global Health, panelists discuss abortion and reproductive rights as a global health issue, following the issue being raised during the current Zika virus crisis. The team discusses how lack of access to legal abortions lead to unsafe abortions and increased maternal mortality and morbidity, what countries have legalized abortion, and perspectives from reproductive rights advocacy in Ecuador. Jessica Taaffe, Vijoleta Gordeljevic, Marie Onakomaiya, and Sarah Borg are featured as panelists and co-produced this episode.