Laws and Policies Today, 76 percent of the world's people live in countries where induced
abortion is legal, at least for health reasons, including 39 percent who reside in nations …

Laws and Policies Today, 76 percent of the world's people live in countries where induced
abortion is legal, at least for health reasons; and 39 percent reside in nations where abortion …

The worldwide trend toward liberalization of abortion laws has continued in the last four
years with changes in Canada, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, the Soviet …

Context: The legal status of induced abortion helps determine the availability of safe,
affordable abortion services in a country, which in turn influences rates of maternal mortality …

METHODS: The complete texts of new abortion legislation, most often obtained directly from
government Web sites, were reviewed to determine changes. Background information was …

African policymakers and health authorities are expressing concern over the numbers of
clandestine abortions they see and the resulting morbidity and mortality associated with …

" This article provides a brief history of abortion worldwide, as well as a discussion of the
historical practice and prevalence of abortion in the United States, including the …

This report presents an overview of current international data on induced abortion, primarily
from the demographic and public health points of view. The report does not attempt to review …

Interest in abortion research is reemerging, partly as a result of political changes and partly
due to evidence of the contribution of induced abortion to maternal mortality in developing …

Every year around 500,000 women are estimated to die from pregnancy-related causes, the
majority in the developing world and many as a consequence of unsafe abortion. Around 25 …