In many countries, where there is public awareness about the social and human
consequences of clandestine abortion performed in unsafe conditions, as well as about the …

Background: Clandestine induced abortions are a public health problem in many
developing countries where access to abortion services is legally restricted. We estimated …

Clandestine abortion has become a problem that mostly affects women living in low-
resource settings (many of them teenagers). Globally, around 25% of pregnancies end in …

This paper reports on research carried out in Mexico City in 1995–1996 on the meaning of
motherhood, contraception, an unwanted pregnancy or child, and the experience of illegal …

Context: Most research on abortion in Latin America has focused on women who are
hospitalized with abortion complications, but little is known about the characteristics of …

PIP: In Latin American countries abortion on demand is legal only in Cuba and must be
performed there in hospitals within the 1st 12 weeks of pregnancy. After the 1st trimester, it …

Over 500,000 clandestine abortions occur annually in Mexico, many under unfavourable
health conditions. An uneasy silence about this situation has long prevailed. Since the …

In Latin America, induced abortion is the fourth most commonly used method of fertility
regulation. Estimates of the number of induced abortions performed each year in Latin …

Chile is one of a small handful of countries worldwide that prohibit induced abortion under
any circumstance, including if a woman's life is at risk. The longstanding ban, which runs …

Este artículo describe la ilegalidad del aborto en Colombia cuya población forma parte del
0, 4% mundial que vive en países donde el aborto está totalmente prohibido. La …