Abortion pills are being widely used in Nigeria: women and suppliers talk about their experiences

Sep 28, 2022 View Original Article
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    6% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    36% Medium Conservative

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"In our study, we assessed the quality of care provided to women who obtained misoprostol for abortion from drug sellers (patent medicine vendors and pharmacies) in 2018 across six local government areas in Lagos State, south west Nigeria."
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-2% Liberal
"We hypothesised that areas with higher-level educational institutions would have a greater market for misoprostol due to the concentration of young females with a secondary education or higher, a population that has a relatively higher estimated incidence of abortion in Nigeria."
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-2% Liberal
"Unintended pregnancy is common among women of reproductive age in Nigeria and a substantial number end in abortion."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Forty eight per cent ended in abortion."
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-22% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In our study, we assessed the quality of care provided to women who obtained misoprostol for abortion from drug sellers (patent medicine vendors and pharmacies) in 2018 across six local government areas in Lagos State, south west Nigeria.
49% : We hypothesised that areas with higher-level educational institutions would have a greater market for misoprostol due to the concentration of young females with a secondary education or higher, a population that has a relatively higher estimated incidence of abortion in Nigeria.
45% : Unintended pregnancy is common among women of reproductive age in Nigeria and a substantial number end in abortion.
39% : Forty eight per cent ended in abortion.

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