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The national rate for induced abortion was 29 per 1,000 women in the same age interval. [1] The United Nations estimated that in 2000, the abortion rate was 4.0 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44. [12] Only 42% of facilities that were expected to provide menstrual regulation services actually did so.
The Soviet Union had more than 200 million reported abortions throughout its history according to the Johnstons Archive. [4] Since legalization in 1967, there have been 9,331,978 abortions in the United Kingdom according to government reports collected by the Johnstons Archive.
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In 14 states that enacted abortion bans, the two studies looked at infant deaths, before a child’s first birthday, and birth rates among females ages 15 to 44, defined as of reproductive age ...
Where is abortion legal and where is abortion illegal? A guide explaining which countries allow abortion and which countries strictly restrict or outlaw abortion.
Countries with restrictive abortion laws have higher rates of unsafe abortion and similar overall abortion rates compared to countries where abortion is legal and available. [ 137 ] [ 28 ] For example, the 1996 legalization of abortion in South Africa led to an immediate reduction in abortion-related complications, [ 142 ] with abortion-related ...
In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows.
Abortion has existed since ancient times, with natural abortifacients being found amongst a wide variety of tribal people and in most written sources. The earliest known records of abortion techniques and general reproductive regulation date as far back as 2700 BC in China, and 1550 BC in Egypt. [6]