加拿大的监禁机构和手术性堕胎设施之间的距离
Martha Paynter1, Clare Heggie2
1Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
Contraception
|May 28, 2023
概括
加拿大被监禁妇女和女孩对堕胎服务的访问是有限的,原因是设施距离很远. 这些距离,加上监禁政策,为生殖保健和健康公平创造了重大障碍.
科学领域:
- 生殖健康 生殖健康
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 刑事司法系统 刑事司法系统
背景情况:
- 被监禁的妇女和女孩面临着严重的障碍,无法获得堕胎服务.
- 药物流产在监狱环境中是有限的,这凸显了程序性流产的重要性.
- 了解地理接入对于解决生殖健康差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定妇女和女童惩戒设施与加拿大各地的手术性堕胎诊所之间的距离.
- 确定影响囚犯堕胎机会的地理障碍.
主要方法:
- 利用先前编制的加拿大67所妇女和女童惩戒设施的清单.
- 使用公共目录识别了程序性堕胎设施.
- 使用谷歌地图计算设施和诊所之间的距离.
主要成果:
- 距离差异很大,从0.1公里到738公里.
- 34%的设施距离堕胎诊所不到10公里,而13%的设施距离堕胎诊所超过300公里.
- 在加拿大北部的设施中观察到的距离最长.
结论:
- 在加拿大,监狱和堕胎服务之间存在很大的地理距离.
- 物理距离是关键因素,但监禁政策也造成了大量的护理障碍.
- 解决这些障碍对于改善被监禁人口的健康平等至关重要.
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