… Moreover, access to safe, legal abortion is a critical … are key proximate determinants of
pregnancy rates and fertility [14]… must be classified to determine how it informs the estimates in our …

… The World Health Organization (WHO) Safe abortion: … Between 2010 and 2014, approximately
25 million unsafe abortions … United States, abortion is estimated to be 14 times safer than …

… access to contraception and safe quality abortion care. In this … As of 2010–14, they also
found that abortion rates did not … pregnancy rates declined in all world regions, but that the …

… per 100,000 procedures, which is 14 times lower than the … recent WHO safety estimates of
safe, less safe, and least safe [… provide more nuanced classification. There is a spectrum of …

… that the World Health Organization (WHO) Safe abortion: … to access legal abortion regardless
of their ability to pay. … of post-abortion complication, with US$ 930 million estimated to be …

… Abortion-related complications were classified into five hierarchical … This is in line with
abortion safety estimates where sub-… to delay seeking care for complications if they do occur.14 …

… of abortions classified as ‘less safe’ in … abortion access even where it is legally available.14
Given the current landscape of abortion globally, the paradigm of evaluating ‘abortion safety’ …

… Modelled estimates suggest that 56 million women had an abortion annually between
2010 and 2014, and 25 million of these were classified as less or least safe.1 …

… estimates, unsafe abortions account for half of all abortions … care is an integral part of sexual
and reproductive health.14 … of safe abortion services and the stigma surrounding abortion. …

… The vast majority of sites described in the systematic review, and this in all the world regions
… We will estimate the proportion of close relations obtaining abortions with different methods, …