… few decades. This report provides updated information on the incidence of abortion worldwide…
It also looks at unintended pregnancy, its relationship to abortion, and the impact that both …

… progress over the past decade regarding the legality, safety and accessibility of abortion
services worldwide… In this report, abortions are categorized as safe or unsafe using World Health …

… The World Health Organization (WHO) defines unsafe abortion as a … year, 44 million abortions
take place worldwide, nearly half of them safely and the rest unsafely [4]. Unsafe abortion …

… Because of population growth, the annual number of abortions worldwide increased by 5·9
million (90% UI −1·3 to 15·4), from 50·4 million in 1990–94 (48·6 to 59·9) to 56·3 million (52·4 …

… Data of abortion incidence and trends are needed to monitor progress toward improvement
of … To date, estimates of safe and unsafe abortion worldwide have only been made for 1995 …

… 1995 and 2003, the most recent year for which there are published estimates of the number
of unsafe abortions worldwide [3]. Unsafe abortion has gained more attention recently as an …

… • Worldwide 1 in 10 pregnancies end in an unsafe abortion. • There were 14 unsafe abortions
per 1000 women aged 15–44 years worldwide. • Almost all unsafe abortions take place in …

… -health issues, this scourge threatens women throughout the developing world. Every year,
about 19–20 million abortions are done by individuals … The incidence of abortion worldwide. …

… The incidence of abortion worldwide. … , the percent of unintended pregnancies ending in
abortion increased in every 5 year period in our analysis. The cumulative increase between …

… This article, the third in a series, reviews the legal status of abortion throughout the world …
regulate abortion and which countries have changed their laws over roughly the past decade. …