Access to safe abortion within the limits of the law

KA Rao, A Faúndes - Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & …, 2006 - Elsevier
The World Health Organization defines unsafe abortion as a procedure for terminating an
unintended pregnancy carried out by people lacking the necessary skills or in an …

Addressing barriers to safe abortion

KR Culwell, M Hurwitz - International Journal of Gynecology & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The latest World Health Organization data estimate that the total number of unsafe
abortions globally has increased to 21.6 million in 2008. There is increasing recognition by …

Safe abortion: WHO technical and policy guidance

RJ Cook, BM Dickens, M Horga - International Journal of Gynecology & …, 2004 - Elsevier
In 2003, the World Health Organization published its well referenced handbook Safe
Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems to address the estimated …

[PDF][PDF] Studying unsafe abortion: a practical guide

World Health Organization - 1996 - apps.who.int
As part of an effort to provide responsive and comprehensive reproductive health services,
an important question must be asked: Is there a problem of unsafe abortion1? If there is …

Unsafe abortion and strategies to reduce its impact on women's lives

C Shannon, B Winikoff - chapter, 2010 - books.google.com
Harrowing stories of women seeking abortion are universal and commonplace. Take, for
example, the story of a Nicaraguan girl who, at 8 years old, became pregnant, raped by her …

[PDF][PDF] Unsafe abortion: The global public health challenge

IH Shah, E Ahman - Management of Unintended …, 2009 - unmfamilyplanning.pbworks.com
LEARNING POINTS r The World Health Organization defines unsafe abortion as a
procedure for terminating an unintended pregnancy either by individuals without the …

Access to safe abortion: progress and challenges since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)

IH Shah, E Åhman, N Ortayli - Contraception, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD) viewed access to safe abortion as imperative for public health. Progress since ICPD …

Making induced abortion safe and legal, worldwide

M Vekemans - The European Journal of Contraception & …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
When abortions worldwide are performed safely, mortality and morbidity among women of
reproductive age will be markedly reduced, and their right to decide if and when to have …

The moral and philosophical importance of abortion

J Reynolds-Wright - Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive …, 2013 - srh.bmj.com
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Unsafe abortion–the current global scenario

A Faúndes - Best practice & research Clinical obstetrics & …, 2010 - Elsevier
Unsafe abortion is prevalent in many developing countries, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa,
Latin America and South and Southeast Asia, where abortion laws are more restrictive, the …