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Termination of a pregnancy by using unsafe methods
both. An unsafe abortion is a life-threatening procedure. It includes self-induced abortions, abortions in unhygienic conditions, and abortions performed
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Termination of a pregnancy
abortion legal and accessible reduces maternal deaths. Around 73 million abortions are performed each year in the world, with about 45% done unsafely
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Abortion performed by a pregnant person themselves outside the recognized medical system
the estimate was that one in 10 abortions is self-induced. While maternal morbidity and mortality from unsafe abortion has continued to increase due to
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Social movement advocating for legal access to abortion
complications due to the performance of an unsafe abortion. The major complication of abortion is an incomplete abortion where a woman can experience an immoderate
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acceptable that abortion performed to preserve the mother's life is not a transgression of the Criminal Code. Many Nigerian women seek unsafe abortion methods
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Aspect of human reproduction and medicine
American countries. This makes unsafe abortion practices the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. Unsafe abortion is another major cause of maternal
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right to abortion. Sub-Saharan Africa is the world region with the highest rates of unsafe abortions and abortion mortality. Most abortions in the region
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Until 2017, there was a dichotomous classification of abortion as safe and unsafe. Unsafe abortion was defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as
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Using drugs to bring about an abortion
medical abortion, also known as medication abortion or non-surgical abortion, occurs when drugs (medication) are used to bring about an abortion. Medical
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Miscarriage due to uterine infection
million abortions occurred worldwide each year. Furthermore, data from 2010-2014 showed that around 45% of these abortions were unsafe abortions, where
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year due to unsafe abortions, according to the Department of Health, and 12% of all maternal deaths in 1994 were due to unsafe abortion. Some hospitals
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not publish data on abortion, estimates say that the country has hundreds of illegal abortions per day, most of which are unsafe. Morocco inherited French
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illegal abortions underground or inspired trips abroad for "reproductive tourism". Half of the world's current deaths due to unsafe abortions occur in
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False or misleading information about abortion
were created by non-medical providers. Facebook ads for abortion reversal, an unproven and unsafe medical procedure, deliberately targeted women and girls
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permit abortions in cases of rape or incest. The legislation change aimed to reduce illegal and unsafe abortions. Since the change, abortion laws within
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punishable. Most abortions in Malawi are unsafe and are performed by traditional healers or covert clinics or are self-induced. Unsafe abortion contributes
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Laws that allow, prohibit, or regulate abortion
legal abortion." Sierra Leone abortion bill blocked by President Bai Koroma again, BBC News, 12 March 2016. Fighting Unsafe Abortion and Abortion Stigma
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countries. In 2003, 48% of abortions worldwide were performed under unsafe conditions, and over 97% of these unsafe abortions occurred in developing countries
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Overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in North Korea
for people who provide abortions. A lack of contraceptives and abortion services in hospitals has led to a rise in unsafe abortions. However, According to
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and unfamiliarity with the law. Abortions are most common among women who are upper-class or young. Unsafe abortion contributes to the country's high
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abortions are unsafe, meaning done by people lacking needed skills or in places that do not meet the minimum medical standards. (See Unsafe abortion.)
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providers continue to exist, and unsafe abortion is common. As a Belgian colony, the DRC inherited Belgium's abortion ban, which was kept after independence
Abortion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Debate on circumstances permitting abortion of fetus
Guttmacher Institute, most unsafe abortions occur where abortion is illegal. Withholding access to safe abortions results in 30,000 abortion-related deaths per
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and 1990s, concerns about unsafe abortion were raised by feminists and family planning groups. The idea of legalising abortion remained controversial; legislative
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regularly report abortion statistics in the United States. They use different methodologies, so they report somewhat different abortion rates, but they
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clandestine abortions are practiced. This highlights the costs of unsafe abortion to the public health system. In addition, women who undergo unsafe abortions and
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American student (1950–1977)
to an unsafe abortion after the Hyde Amendment was passed. The 1977 Amendment cut off Medicaid funding for safe medically-supervised abortions. Unable
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were handled out of public view. Abortion did not become a public controversy until the health risk of unsafe abortions by (female) unlicensed practitioners
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Abortion in Iran, as can be expected of many government policies, changed drastically between governments. Abortion was first legalized from 1977 to 1979
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among pregnant women seeking unsafe abortions due to the lack of access to the legal, professional procedure. In 1983, abortion was legalized in Turkey (it
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Minors abortion law
Parental notification and consent laws increase the number of unsafe, illegal abortions. Women's health organizations say that in states that have notification
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abortion pills and perform abortions. Unsafe abortion contributes to maternal mortality. Activists and doctors have advocated for legalizing abortion
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country's abortions, especially self-induced abortions, are unsafe, contributing to maternal mortality. The law provides for post-abortion care, but it
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Abortion in the People's Republic of China is legal at all stages of pregnancy and generally accessible nationwide. Abortions are available to most women
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expectant mother, and rape. Unsafe abortions are a major cause of deaths and health complications for women in Kenya. Abortion in Kenya is regulated by Article
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requires abortion to be performed by a doctor. Unsafe abortion is a major cause of maternal mortality in the country. Togo inherited France's abortion law
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Ipas advocate for safe abortion. The rates of abortion and self-induced abortion have increased since the 1990s. Unsafe abortion is common, especially
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for minors. Illegal abortions are punishable by fines or prison. Despite the legality of abortion, illegal and unsafe abortions are common. Rwanda's
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Abortion in Israel is permitted when determined by a termination committee, with the vast majority of cases being approved, as of 2019[update]. The rate
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Legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health
reduce unsafe abortion and improve access to safe abortion and high quality post-abortion care The UN has estimated in 2017 that repealing anti-abortion laws
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Movement in the United States opposing abortion
United States, the anti-abortion movement, also called the pro-life movement or right-to-life movement, opposes induced abortion and advocates for the protection
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Kenyan social activist
disadvantage (September 2025)[citation needed] Mūmbi emphasizes that unsafe abortion disproportionately affects poor women and girls, stating it is “a class
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unmarried women sometimes feel forced perform abortions, despite their illegality and at times unsafe conditions. Having children is highly encouraged
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Most abortions are performed unsafely by illegal practitioners. Abortion complications commonly occur. Unsafe abortions cause 30% of maternal deaths.
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for unsafe abortion rates than for safe abortion rates. The basis for these intervals included published and unpublished assessments of abortion reporting
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lacking access to safe and legal abortions, many of them turn to unsafe abortion practices, such as self-induced abortions. The Ugandan Ministry of Health
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advocated for reform, while Islamic opposition to abortion is common. Guinea has a high rate of unsafe abortion. The country's use of contraceptives is low
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Right to Safe Abortion. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-24. "In Bangladesh, Unsafe Abortion is Common Despite
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World Health Organization (WHO), Unsafe Abortion: Global and Regional Estimates of the Incidence of Unsafe Abortion and Associated Mortality in 2003,
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legal abortions did not exist in effect. The penal codes of 2001 and 2015 required physicians to prove health grounds for abortion. Unsafe abortion is common
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Islamic views on abortion
Muslim views on abortion emphasise the sanctity of life, drawing on Qur’anic guidance and the interpretations of religious scholars, abortion being defined
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or assist abortions may be punished. Unsafe abortions cause about one-fifth of maternal deaths in the country. Few hospitals provide abortion. Lesotho
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Abortion in Australia is legal. There are no federal abortion laws, though decriminalisation of the procedure has been enacted in all jurisdictions. Access
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Numerous religious traditions have taken a stance on abortion but few are absolute. These stances span a broad spectrum, based on numerous teachings, deities
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Abortion in Italy became legal in May 1978, when Italian women were allowed to terminate a pregnancy on request during the first 12 weeks and 6 days (90
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the abortion ban. Unsafe abortions are a major factor in Sierra Leone's maternal mortality rate, one of the highest in the world. Post-abortion care
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Pregnancy termination based on predicted sex
sex-selective abortions in danger because they may seek unsafe abortions, and that these bans do not address the root cause of sex-selective abortion, including
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Maternal Deaths from Unsafe Abortion in Uruguay". www.unfpa.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11. "Eliminating Maternal Deaths from Unsafe Abortion in Uruguay: The experience
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Natural premature termination of pregnancy
24, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015. Haddad LB, Nour NM (2009). "Unsafe abortion: unnecessary maternal mortality". Reviews in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Miscarriage
Paintings and etchings by Paula Rego (1998–99)
that failed to approve the legalization of abortion. Each canvas depicted a woman undergoing an unsafe abortion. Originally just known as Untitled 1, Untitled
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aside for women suffering from unsafe abortion complications. The complications that stem from underground abortions cost 1 million TT dollars per month
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difficult requirements limit abortions in cases of rape. Most abortions in the country are illegal and unsafe. Illegal abortions are often performed by midwives
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Most abortions in the country are illegal, either self-induced or provided by folk healers or unauthorized medical providers. Unsafe abortion is common
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result, risky unsafe abortions are prevalent in Malaysia. Under Sections 312–316 of the Penal Code, it is de jure permitted to perform an abortion to save the
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pregnancy. About 32% of women have had abortions, which Liberians call "spoiling the belly". Unsafe abortions are common and account for 15% of maternal
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infections, high blood pressure during pregnancy, obstructed labor, and unsafe abortions. These causes compose approximately 75 percent of all maternal mortalities
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end the country's absolute ban on abortion and decriminalize abortion under certain circumstances. Unsafe abortion is a serious public health problem
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Abortion in Germany is illegal except to save the life of the mother but is nonpunishable during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy upon condition of mandatory
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American serial killer (1941–2026)
American serial killer and abortion doctor. At his clinic in West Philadelphia, Gosnell provided illegal late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide
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Abortion in Canada is legal throughout pregnancy and is publicly funded as a medical procedure under the combined effects of the federal Canada Health
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Gynaecological procedure
cervix. The procedure is performed to induce abortion, as a treatment for incomplete spontaneous abortion (otherwise commonly known as miscarriage) or
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Violence committed against individuals and organizations that provide abortion services
Anti-abortion violence is violence committed against individuals and organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion counseling. Incidents of
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and the abortion rate. Other Latin American countries, such as Chile, have observed decreased hospitalization rates related to unsafe abortion complications
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Abortion in the United Kingdom is regulated under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 in Great Britain and the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No.2) Regulations
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are typically unsafe, which contributes to the country's maternal mortality rate, which is one of the highest in the world. Abortions are commonly self-induced
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end up having unsafe, clandestine abortions instead. According to the Bolivian Ministry of Health, almost all of the 67,000 abortions performed in Bolivia
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Posit that induced abortion can increase the risk of breast cancer
The abortion–breast cancer hypothesis posits that having an induced abortion can increase the risk of getting breast cancer. This hypothesis is at odds
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"WHO: Unsafe Abortion — The Preventable Pandemic". Archived from the original on 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-16. "Preventing unsafe abortion". World
Sexual and reproductive health
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Stance of the Catholic Church on abortion
Catholic Church promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1992 oppose all forms of abortion procedures whose direct purpose is to destroy a zygote, blastocyst, embryo
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Christian denominational views on the issue of abortion
views on abortion may be related to the safety of modern legal abortions. Due to the morbidity and mortality associated with unsafe illegal abortions prior
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illegal abortions that then prevented them from producing healthy children. Babki abortion services remained as they had always been: unsafe, expensive
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access to abortions in Sub-Saharan Africa because of these exceptions, many women are still resorting to unsafe abortions and self-induced abortions, commonly
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Aspect of religion
In Judaism, views on abortion draw primarily upon the legal and ethical teachings of the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the case-by-case decisions of responsa
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Overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in Tanzania
induced abortions in Tanzania in 2013. Due to fears of prosecution, women procure abortions clandestinely, often in conditions that are unsafe. Tanzania
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Abortion in Liechtenstein is illegal in most circumstances with limited exceptions in cases where the life of the pregnant woman is at risk, or serious
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whatsoever were made. Over 100 Irish women were dying annually from unsafe backstreet abortions in the 1930s. The English case of Rex v Bourne (1938), which
Abortion in the Republic of Ireland
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Canadian online abortion help service
Sarah Boseley (27 September 2017). "Almost half of all abortions performed worldwide are unsafe, reveals WHO". Guardian. Varon, Joana; Gomperts, Rebecca;
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Anti-government protests triggered by tightening of abortion law
for unsafe abortion rates than for safe abortion rates. The basis for these intervals included published and unpublished assessments of abortion reporting
2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland
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Proposed legislative act in Texas, U.S.
an unsafe abortion in 1977 after the Hyde Amendment cut off Medicaid funding for medically-supervised abortions. Unable to afford a legal abortion at
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legalization of abortion. The abortion-rights group Nifin'Akanga leads research and protests. Abortions in Madagascar are unsafe and are a major cause of maternal
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Overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in Thailand
Abortion in Thailand is legal and available on-request up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion has been legal up to at least 12 weeks of pregnancy since
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Forced termination of pregnancy
Forced abortion is a form of reproductive coercion that refers to the act of compelling a woman to undergo termination of a pregnancy against her will
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Controversial hypothesis
A theory regarding the effect of legalized abortion on crime (often referred to as the Donohue–Levitt hypothesis) is a controversial hypothesis about the
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Rare phenomenon of live births following failed abortion
abortion attempts refer to a rare phenomenon in which an infant is born alive during or after an attempted termination of pregnancy (induced abortion)
Live births following abortion attempts
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complications from unsafe abortions in Iraq include sepsis, incomplete abortion, and bleeding. "A look at some of the world's toughest abortion laws". Al Jazeera
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died from unsafe abortions between April 2018 and March 2012. He estimated that 7,000 unsafe abortions had been performed in 2017. "Abortion and Sterilization
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Legal status of abortion in Brazil
consequence of unsafe abortions. The prevalence of reproductive complications and other negative health consequences associated with illegal abortion is unknown
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Illegal abortion is punishable by fines and prison. Nearly all abortions in the country are unsafe. Post-abortion care is widely available. Abortion was banned
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UN conference held in Cairo from 5–13 September 1994
family planning, the education of women, and protection for women from unsafe abortion services. The first World Population Conference, organised by the League
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if the abortion is done to protect honor. Unsafe abortion is common and contributes to the country's high maternal mortality rate. Most abortions in the
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