Evidence suggests that restricting abortion does not reduce its occurrence but increases
health risk. A qualitative analysis was performed, reviewing the medical charts of 12 women …

Background Despite the realized importance of unsafe abortion as a global health problem,
reliable data are difficult to obtain, especially in countries where abortion is illegal. Estimates …

METHODS: The Abortion Incidence Complications Method, an established approach
designed to obtain national and broad regional estimates, was extended to produce for the …

2. Materials and methods Official statistics about abortion only take into account hospital
discharge diagnostics. Women with uncomplicated induced abortion are not hospitalized …

Objectives Our paper presents the analysis of a nationwide survey that explored induced
abortion among women using a ballot-box technique. Our objective was to determine the …

Abstract Introduction: Worldwide, 13% of maternal deaths are caused by complications of
spontaneous or induced abortion, 29% in Uruguay and nearly half (48%) in the Pereira …

To document the relative contribution of abortion‐related deaths to overall maternal deaths
in Mexico, official mortality data were analyzed according to International Classification of …

METHODS: Data on the number of women treated for abortion complications were obtained
from a nationally representative survey of 300 public and private health facilities, and …

METHODS: This study used official statistics on women treated for abortion-related
complications in public hospitals in 2006 and data from a survey of informed health …

Objective To describe utilization of health services for, and case fatality from, abortion in
Mexico. Method A historical cohort study using a census of state‐level aggregate hospital …