Abstract

BATISTA ROJAS, Osvaldo  and  ALVAREZ GONZALEZ, Zadys. Breves consideraciones históricas, jurídicas y actuales acerca del aborto y la regulación menstrual. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.8, pp. 1180-1184. ISSN 1029-3019.

Abortion in Cuba has not been a main determinant in current fertility behavior. A discreet trend according to the decrease of abortion and menstrual regulation events is observed. It is not homogenous for all provinces, and morbidity of these procedures is precisely still unknown due to non-uniformity on the epidemiological surveillance. During the first years after the triumph of the Revolution, hospital institutionalization of voluntary abortion practice was promoted and established as a way of decreasing maternal complications and deaths and of equalling both sexes, based on the free right to make decisions on reproduction. The orientations of Public Health Ministry were supported by the criterion stating that every woman who could not or does not want to carry her pregnancy to term would be at a high risk in case the pregnancy interruption would not be carried out by trained medical staff under appropriate conditions. Infection due to ovary remains, traumatic injuries (uterine perforation), and hemorrhages were the most frequent complications. Nowadays, the amount of voluntary abortions is considered high but the main goal of Familiar Planning policies is to reduce this method up to a minimum rate. This procedure was considered as risky and, thus, it still constitutes one of the common causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.

Keywords : woman; abortion; menstrual regulation; familiar planning; maternal morbidity and mortality.

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