Preventing unsafe abortion and its consequences: priorities for research and action Preventing
Unsafe Abortion and its Consequences Priorities for Research and Action Preventing Unsafe …

Around 25 million unsafe abortion were estimated to have taken place worldwide each year,
almost all in developing countries

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 …

Every year, worldwide, about 42 million women with unintended pregnancies choose
abortion, and nearly half of these procedures, 20 million, are unsafe. Some 68,000 women …

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 …

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 …

An estimated 60 000–70 000 women die annually from complications of unsafe abortion and
hundreds of thousands more suffer long-term consequences which include chronic pelvic …

It is now more than 50 years since the World Health Assembly recognized abortion as a
serious public health problem. The challenge still stands. Addressing the problem of unsafe …

Until recently, WHO operationally defined unsafe abortion as illegal abortion. In the past
decade, however, the incidence of abortion by misoprostol administration has increased in …

Unsafe abortion is a significant cause of death and ill health in women in the developing
world. A substantial body of research on these consequences exists, although studies are of …