Each year, nearly 22 million women worldwide have an unsafe abortion, almost all of which
occur in developing countries. This paper estimates the incidence and rates of unsafe …

Unsafe abortion is preventable and yet remains a significant cause of maternal morbidity
and mortality in much of the developing world. Over the last decade, the World Health …

Nearly 40 years after enactment of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971,
unsafe abortion continues to be a neglected women's health issue in India. This prospective …

INTRODUCTION: To increase access to safe abortion in rural India, the feasibility and
acceptability of mifepristone–misoprostol abortion was assessed in a typical government run …

• If Eastern Asia (including China), where abortion is legal and largely safe and available, is
excluded from the calculations, the number of safe abortions for developing countries was …

Complications of unsafe abortion account for 30–40% of maternal deaths in Nigeria. This
paper reports a case of unsafe abortion by dilatation and curettage, carried out by a medical …

Background We know little about the frequency, correlates and conditions under which
women induce abortions in Nigeria. This study seeks to estimate the 1-year induced …

Abstract The Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat undertook a study in
1994 to document the magnitude of abortion complications in Commonwealth member …

Induced abortions 42 million 38 million 130 million unsafe abortions. Unsafe abortion
accounts for 13 percent of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the developing …