The situation of induced abortion has changed markedly over the past few decades. This
report provides updated information on the incidence of abortion worldwide, the laws that …

Over forty percent of pregnancies worldwide are unintended, with a quarter of these from
Africa. There is a growing body of evidence regarding the adverse health, economic …

Health agendas for low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) should embrace and afford
greater priority to urban family planning to help achieve a number of the global Sustainable …

Background In Malawi, abortion is legal only if performed to save a woman's life; other
attempts to procure an abortion are punishable by 7–14 years imprisonment. Most induced …

Background Unintended pregnancies are no longer bound to teenagers or school-going
children, married women in Uganda, as well do experience such pregnancies though little …

Background In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the penal code prohibits the provision of
abortion. In practice, however, it is widely accepted that the procedure can be performed to …

Objectives To provide the first estimate of adolescents' abortion incidence in Uganda and to
assess differences in the abortion experiences and morbidities of adolescent and …

BACKGROUND A major challenge in abortion research is accurately measuring the
incidence of induced abortion, particularly in restrictive settings. This study tests the network …

Introduction With a view to inform policy for improved postabortion care, we describe
abortion-related near-miss and mortality by sociodemographic risk factors and management …

At the 1994 ICPD, sub-Saharan African (SSA) states pledged, inter alia, to guarantee quality
post-abortion care (PAC) services. We synthesized existing research on PAC services …