Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 16, Issue 31, Supplement , Pages 108-116 , May 2008

Clarifying Values and Transforming Attitudes to Improve Access to Second Trimester Abortion

  • Katherine L Turner

      Affiliations

    • Senior Training and Services Advisors, Ipas, Chapel Hill NC, USA
    • ,
  • Alyson G Hyman

      Affiliations

    • Senior Training and Services Advisors, Ipas, Chapel Hill NC, USA
    • ,
  • Mosotho C Gabriel

      Affiliations

    • Country Program Manager, Ipas South Africa, Parklands, South Africa

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