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 …

Unsafe abortion is an important public health problem, accountingfor 13% of maternal
mortality in developing countries. Of anestimated annual 70 000 deaths from unsafe …

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 …

This report presents an overview of current international data on induced abortion, primarily
from the demographic and public health points of view. Statistical tabulations make up the …

Even in countries with high rates of legal induced abortion, contraceptive use and marital
patterns nearly always have a greater impact on fertility levels than does abortion. As a rule …

Reliable quantitative data on abortion are sorely needed, particularly in developing
countries. Past experience in large-scale survey research has demonstrated that direct …

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

In countries where abortion is illegal, a range of approximate levels of induced abortion can
be calculated from data on the number of women hospitalized for treatment of abortion …

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 …