Background Abortion rates following unintended pregnancies are increasing in developing
countries, and unsafe abortion is a commonly neglected reproductive health-care problem …

Introduction At the turn of the century, when the Millennium Development Goals placed
maternal mortality reduction high on the global agenda, Ethiopia relaxed its restrictive …

There exists an enormous gulf between the aspirations of South Africa's abortion legislation–
among the most liberal in the world–and its implementation. One weakness in the provision …

This PhD thesis studies induced abortion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A main finding is that the
abortion legislation gives healthcare personnel plenty of scope for their own interpretations …

The island of Guernsey liberalised its abortion law last year, and in Ireland it is now legal to
give women information about abortion clinics abroad. In Portugal, the parliament just …

Objectives: Medical abortion is definitely a safer and a better option but in developing
countries, its widespread misuse has led to partial or septic abortion thereby increasing …

Abortion practices undermining reformist laws - experts : izindaba Page 1 302 May 2011, Vol.
101, No. 5 SAMJ A combination of stigma, ignorance of reformist laws and health care …

Background Despite the increased availability of safe abortion methods in sub-Saharan
Africa, women and girls continue to use unsafe abortion methods and procedures to …

Early reports heralded the development of abortion pills as promising a reproductive
revolution. Some twenty-five years on, this article considers the extent to which this promise …