essay

Chicana use of abortion: the case of Alcala

twice a minority : mexican american women • St. Louis, Missouri • Published In 1980 • Pages: 33-51

By: Urdaneta, Maria Lusia.

Abstract

Urdaneta, as part of a larger study on fertility regulation practices of two groups of Mexican American women -- the poor and the nonpoor -- collected and compared data on the use of nontherapeutic abortions by medically indigent Chicanas in a city in Texas which the author calls Alcala (a pseudonym). This study, which ran from 1973-1979, indicates that of the over 46 percent of reported unwanted pregnancies reported at the Model Cities Family Planning Cllinic in Alcala , all or nearly all of them have terminated in elective abortion procedures. This article also examines the '…structural factors of the health care delivery system …, and their role in facilitating or inhibiting Mexican American fertility regulations' (p. 35). Detailed information on abortion procedures at the Family Planning Clinics is described in the text, as well as brief biographical sketches of two Mexican American women who have undergone the abortion procedures.

HRAF PubDate

2002

Region

North America

Sub Region

Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Types

Nurse

Social Scientist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 2001

Field Date

April 1972-November 1973

Coverage Date

1973-1979

Coverage Place

Alcala (a pseudonym), Texas, United States

Notes

Maria Lusia Urdaneta

Includes bibliographical references (p. 51)

LCCN

80011177

LCSH

Mexican Americans