• 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 …

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 …

Despite the availability of safe and highly effective methods of abortion, unsafe abortions
continue to be widespread, nearly all in developing countries. The latest estimates from the …

• The unsafe abortion rate decreased by almost one third from the level in 1990 in the Latin
America and the Caribbean Region. Contraceptive use in the Region has increased further …

CONTEXT: Information on abortion levels and trends can inform research and policies
affecting maternal and reproductive health, but the incidence of legal abortion has not been …

Background Data of abortion incidence and trends are needed to monitor progress toward
improvement of maternal health and access to family planning. To date, estimates of safe …

Background Information on incidence of induced abortion is crucial for identifying policy and
programmatic needs aimed at reducing unintended pregnancy. Because unsafe abortion is …

Despite permissive laws and a well-developed network of facilities, the incidence of unsafe
abortion and the resulting maternal mortality is unacceptably high in Central and Eastern …

Over three fourths of the abortions in South Asia and nearly two thirds of the abortions in
South-East Asia are illegal. The majority of these abortions are also medically unsafe, with …

Context: Accurate measurement of induced abortion levels has proven difficult in many parts
of the world. Health care workers and policymakers need information on the incidence of …