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Abortion worldwide : a decade of uneven progress
- Author
- Alan Guttmacher Institute
- Title
- Abortion worldwide : a decade of uneven progress / Guttmacher Institute.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- [New York] : [Guttmacher Institute] , c2009.
- Description
- 64 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Other contributors
- Singh, Susheela. Wulf, Deirdre. Hussain, Rubina. Bankole, Akinrinola. Sedgh, Gilda.
- Notes
- Formally known as Alan Guttmacher Institute. This report updates and expands unpons Guttmacher's 1999 publication "Sharing responsiblity: women, society, and abortion worldwide". See call number 618 A42 s5 1999. Includes letter. Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
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- Abortion worldwide: what has changed?
- Women around the world live with widely varying abortion laws and services
- Abortion rates have fallen, but unsafe abortion rates have not
- Safe abortion services are delilvered in many ways
- When abortion laws are restrictive, women are at risk for unsafe abortion
- Quality postabortion care can reduce the harmful effects of unsafe abortion
- Preventing unintedned pregnancy is fundamental to reducing abortion
- Conclusions and recommendations.
- Kinsey subjects
- Abortion. Abortion methods. Legal aspects of abortion. Abortion statistics.
- ISBN
- 9781934387030