Worldwide Abortions Fall by Four Million per the Guttmacher Institute: The study found that an estimated 20 million unsafe abortions occurred in 2003, 97% of these in developing regions. Developed regions, where almost all countries allow abortions with few restrictions, had an average unsafe abortion rate of two per 1,000. The consequences of unsafe abortion-death, serious injury, infertility and increased health care cost are largely borne by poor women. The report concludes that reducing the incidence of unsafe abortion would result in an immediate and substantial reduction of maternal mortality and improve maternal health. The widespread unmet need for contraception must be addressed if we are to see further decline in abortion rates, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where contraceptive use is low.
Why does the right-wing & our government support measures that limit access to birth control & abortion, in our country and world-wide? http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/153922/1/
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