Unsafe abortion serves as a marker of global inequity as it is concentrated in the developing
world where the poorest and most vulnerable women live. While liberalisation of abortion …

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

Background The decriminalization of abortion is a controversial subject whose policies
widely vary across the world. In some countries it is available upon request, at least up to the …

Across the world, abortion is one of the commonest gynecological procedures and, properly
carried out, one of the safest. However, some 25% of the world's population lives in …

In the last 50 years the idea of legal abortion has crept in and spread throughout the western
world. First it was permitted as a mere solution to women suffering or dying as a result of …

242 The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care noxious
substances like bleach, overdoses of prescription drugs, or trauma to the abdomen. The …

The article discusses the importance of providing access to safe abortion in developing
countries where abortion rate is high. Abortions reportedly occur in developing nations …

Perhaps the most common argument for legalising abortion throughout history is that women
will get abortions either way, but if abortion is illegal it will be unsafe and women will die as a …

In March 2000, the British Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, with the
support of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom, produced a guideline for its …

Unsafe Abortion and Women's Healthdelves into the current status of abortion policy and
practice in over 100 countries, exploring the way that related reproductive health policies …