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 …

Most of Africa's 54 countries have restrictive abortion laws, outdated remnants of former
colonial laws that result in nearly five million unsafe abortions annually. To stem maternal …

Unsafe abortion is a preventable phenomenon and continues to be a major public health
problem in many countries especially in the developing world. Despite abortion being …

Along with governments from around the world, African leaders agreed at the International
Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994 to address unsafe abortion as …

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

Approximately 47 000 women die each year worldwide as a result of the complications of
unsafe abortion, almost exclusively in low‐and middle‐income countries with restrictive …

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

In 2007, the US Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, also
known as the Federal Abortion Ban or ''the Ban.''The decision undermines decades of …

Despite 30 years of liberal legislation, the majority of women in India still lack access to safe
abortion care. This paper critically reviews the history of abortion law and policy in India …

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 …