Abstract：
In Nepal, abortion was legalized in 2002. Yet many women are denied abortion services. Women denied abortion services may either continue their pregnancies or find abortion care elsewhere. However, what is not known is the consequences on women, and their children after accessing abortion services or after being denied abortion services. This comment aims to understand the cause of death of women who sought abortion services between 2019 and 2020 and were enrolled in a longitudinal nationwide study of the consequences of legal abortion access in Nepal. Women were interviewed 6 weeks and every 6 months for 3 years after seeking abortion. During the follow-up interviews, the field research assistants were informed about the death of the clients. Once the death was reported, a trained senior research staff visited the deceased persons house and interviewed family members including husbands, maternal parents or in-laws to explore the cause of death. A total of nine deaths were reported between April 2019 and December 2022. Out of nine deceased women, four received abortions while five of them were initially denial abortion services. The majority of the deaths were due to suicide followed by tuberculosis. None of the deaths were caused by abortion or birth. Keywords: Death; Nepal; reproductive ages; womens health.
摘要：
在尼泊尔,堕胎于2002年合法化。然而，许多妇女被拒绝堕胎服务。被拒绝堕胎服务的妇女可以继续怀孕，也可以在其他地方找到堕胎护理。然而,不知道的是对女性的后果，以及他们的孩子在获得堕胎服务或被拒绝堕胎服务后。该评论旨在了解在2019年至2020年之间寻求堕胎服务的妇女的死亡原因，并参加了一项关于尼泊尔合法堕胎的后果的全国纵向研究。在寻求堕胎后的3年内，妇女接受了6周和每6个月的采访。在后续采访中，现场研究助理被告知客户的死亡。一旦死亡报告，一名训练有素的高级研究人员参观了死者的住所，并采访了包括丈夫在内的家庭成员，父母或公婆探讨死因。在2019年4月至2022年12月期间，共有9人死亡。九名死者中,其中4人接受了堕胎，其中5人最初拒绝堕胎服务。大多数死亡是由于自杀，其次是肺结核。这些死亡都不是由堕胎或分娩造成的。关键词：死亡；尼泊尔；生育年龄；妇女健康。
