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Many Nigerian women seek unsafe abortion methods to avoid criminal and social penalties, leading to abortion-related complications and increasing mortality and morbidity rates in the country. According to research done by the Guttmacher Institute, an estimated 456,000 unsafe abortions are done in Nigeria every year. [9]
Over 70 per cent of people in Nigeria, South Sudan and Somalia already live in extreme poverty. ... Unsafe abortions are one of the top five drivers of maternal death worldwide, ... In Other News ...
Sub-Saharan Africa is the world region with the highest rates of unsafe abortions and abortion mortality. Most abortions in the region are unsafe. The region has the highest rate of unintended pregnancy, the primary motive for abortion. The most likely women to have abortions are young, unmarried, or urban. Post-abortion care is widely available.
Soviet poster c. 1925.Title translation: "Abortion induced by either self-taught midwife or obstetrician not only maims the woman, but also often leads to death.". An unsafe abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by people lacking the necessary skills, or in an environment lacking minimal medical standards, or both. [1]
Medication abortions accounted for nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the United States in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports access to abortion.
The new study suggests that self-managing an abortion with abortion pills has become more common, rising from about 18% of attempts pre-Dobbs to 24% post-Dobbs. However, many other ineffective ...
Unsafe abortions are a leading cause of maternal deaths in Kenya, which has one of the 20 highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Until 2010, the procedure was essentially illegal except to save the life of the mother. About a third of the population belongs to the Catholic Church, which has staunchly opposed any access to abortion.
The organisation claims that in 2015 the services that it averted 6.3 million unintended pregnancies, 4 million unsafe abortions and 18,100 maternal deaths. [ 3 ] The organisation's core services include family planning ; safe abortion and post-abortion care ; maternal and child health care, including safe delivery and obstetrics; diagnosis and ...