Abortion Law in Africa is an important subject that deserves attention. When examined
closely, there are significant disparities in how various African countries address the …

This literature review explores the global issue of unsafe abortion and the insights it can
offer into the effects on women seeking abortions in the United States following the reversal …

In Ghana, despite the availability of safe, legally permissible abortion services, high rates of
morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion persist. Through interviews with Ghanaian …

While women in all parts of the world experience induced abortion, it is in sub-Saharan
Africa that abortion exerts its most deleterious negative consequences for human health and …

Guttmacher Institute 3 meetings of reproductive rights activists; advocacy campaigns using
mass communications to mobilize public opinion; coalition building; and the development of …

As part of an effort to provide responsive and comprehensive reproductive health services,
an important question must be asked: Is there a problem of unsafe abortion1? If there is …

Most abortion laws in the Arab world are punitive or very restrictive, and their effect on
women's health is largely understudied. 1 Conducting research on this sensitive topic is …

This sixth edition of the WHO Global and regional estimates of unsafe abortion and
associated mortality is intended for policy-makers and programme managers, health …

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

Globally, about 210 million pregnancies occur each year and out of which 80 million
pregnancies are unintended (Singh et al. 2009). A report by the World Health Organization …