Abortion has been a reality in women's lives since the beginning of recorded history,
typically with a high risk of fatal consequences, until the last century when evolutions in the …

~ ETWEEN 1955 and 1975 most industrial-ised countries liberalised their abortion laws.
Since then, progress in efforts to legalise abortion elsewhere has slowed almost to a …

THIS is RHM's 10th anniversary year and the third journal issue in which RHM has focused
on abortion since 1993 [1]. Looking back, it is heartening to see how much has changed …

Abstract The International Congress on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of
Action urged governments and intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations to …

Abortion legislation remains a contentious topic in the UK, which receives much attention
from politicians, clinicians and professional bodies alike. In this study, the perspectives of …

Abortion remains one of the most complex and controversial issues in contemporary law and
bioethics. This volume draws together key essays from leading scholars on the ethical and …

Nothing in the field of health care generates more controversy worldwide than does the
issue of abortion. And, unfortunately, there is nothing to suggest that these controversies will …

~ HE safety and legality of abortion are matters of life and death for women. Thus, this issue
of Reproductive Health Matters takes up the subject of abortion, from the point of view of …

Since its first publication in 2003, the World Health Organization's “Safe abortion: technical
and policy guidance for health systems” has had an influence on abortion policy, law, and …

Voluntary abortion is the most controversial act in the entire field of medical practice,
although today, it is a practice that, under different conditions, has been legalized in more …