Hoover, Alison T.
Lawton, Samuel
Velasco Parihuana, Silvia
Lledo Weber, Patricia
Labrecque, Michel
Shattuck, Dominick
Velasquez Rossi, Ana Cecilia
Article History
Received: 20 November 2025
Accepted: 3 March 2026
First Online: 25 March 2026
Declarations
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: This research was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of MSI Reproductive Choices (approval number: 003–22) in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki from the World Medical Association; the Belmont Report from the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research; Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects; and the Common Rule of the Federal-Wide Assurance for the Protection of Human Subjects (FWA). Of note, Bolivian IRB approval was not available, as ethics committees were not reviewing sociobehavioral research protocols during the pandemic.
: No data related to individual details, images, or videos are included in this manuscript. All 262 observations analyzed in this manuscript signed an informed consent form adhering to international standards for the protection of human subjects and approved by an ethics committee.
: The authors declare no competing interests.