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Ban Abortions -Give Birth To Illegal Hazardous Abortions
October 15, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Women Health News
The study, which looked at abortion trends from 1995 to 2003, found that abortion rates are virtually equal in developed and developing countries. It also found that half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe.
The study was led by Gilda Sedgh, a senior research associate at the Guttmacher Institute in the United States, and colleagues from the World Health Organization. It was published in an edition of The Lancet medical journal devoted to maternal health. "The legal status of abortion has never dissuaded women and couples, who, for whatever reason, seek to end pregnancy," points out Beth Fredrick of the International Women's Health Coalition in the U.S. As per official figures, abortion accounts for 13% of maternal mortality worldwide. This is not all. About 70,000 women die every year from unsafe abortions. Another 5 million women suffer permanent or temporary damage.
Says Fredrick: The continuing high incidence of unsafe abortion in developing countries represents a public health crisis and a human rights atrocity. The number of worldwide abortions has dropped slightly from about 46 million in 1995 to just under 42 million in 2003.Yet, there was no corresponding change in the rate of unsafe abortions; nearly half are still performed illegally in potentially dangerous conditions, the study continues.
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