Some 35 million abortions occur in developing countries each year. Approximately 20
million of these are unsafe abortions, which claim the lives of 67,000 women as a re sult of …

Based on data from the 1982 National Survey of Family Growth, exposure to the risk of
unintended pregnancy is classified by use of specific contraceptive methods and by nonuse …

Complications from spontaneous abortions and unsafely induced abortions pose a serious
global threat to women's health and lives. An estimated 46 million induced abortions are …

In many countries, women treated for complications from spontaneous or unsafely induced
abortion lack access to contraceptive services. As a result, many of them soon have a …

PIP: Analysis based on data collected from abortion facilities in Illinois during 1980. It was
found that even if all women used the pill or IUD, there would still be about 450 thousand …

Context: Current debates on how to reduce the high US abortion rate often fail to take into
account the role of unintended pregnancy, an important determinant of abortion. Methods …

PIP: A variety of recommendations are made for improving postabortion counseling about
ovulation, safe methods for preventing pregnancy, and accessibility of family planning (FP) …

Unintended pregnancy is a worldwide problem that affects women, their families, and
society. Unintended pregnancy can result from contraceptive failure, non-use of …

About half of all US women having an abortion have had one previously. This fact—not new,
but dramatically underscored in a recent report from the Guttmacher Institute on the …

The incidence of abortion is determined by the incidence of unwelcome, or unintended,
pregnancies and the propensity to terminate rather than take them to term. Exposure to the …