Legal but Inaccessible: Abortion in Guyana

Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 2012, Special Issue on Women’s Reproductive Health and Rights in Select Caribbean Countries, (Guest Editors: Taitu Heron and Shakira Maxwell)

36 Pages Posted: 16 Mar 2013

Abstract

Seventeen years after Guyana introduced a positive, liberal abortion law, the government, professional bodies and civil society have together failed to give any leadership in implementing that law. How can one explain that after an outstanding campaign of extensive ministerial and parliamentary consultation, as well as widespread engagement from religious organizations and the media, so little has been done by way of implementing the law? This paper seeks to trace some aspects of the copybook campaign for law reform and to learn from the difficulties of providing services over the last seventeen years.

Keywords: abortion law reform, women's reproductive health, activism

JEL Classification: abortion law reform, women's reproductive health

Suggested Citation

Nunes, Fred, Legal but Inaccessible: Abortion in Guyana. Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 2012, Special Issue on Women’s Reproductive Health and Rights in Select Caribbean Countries, (Guest Editors: Taitu Heron and Shakira Maxwell) , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2233860

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