Latest items for ABO-DATA-1
July 30, 2025, 9:11 p.m.
Countries: Jamaica
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Global estimates provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the years 2010 to 2014 state that 45 per cent of all induced abortions are unsafe. One-third of those were performed by untrained individuals using dangerous and invasive methods" (Para 9).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Global estimates provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the years 2010 to 2014 state that 45 per cent of all induced abortions are unsafe. One-third of those were performed by untrained individuals using dangerous and invasive methods" (Para 9).
July 22, 2025, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"8 percent of those who apply for an abortion ultimately receive one, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics" (Para 5). "Government statistics show that pregnancy out of wedlock or from rape or incest were the most cited reasons in 2020 given to the committee, representing 49 percent of termination requests" (Para 19). "According to the Health Ministry, abortion rates have steadily decreased over the past 30 years, staying largely at 20,000 abortions annually even as the number of pregnancies has risen—from 103,000 per year in 1990 to 182,000 in 2019. The drop in abortion rates is attributed to better sex education in schools and access to contraception, says reproductive...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"8 percent of those who apply for an abortion ultimately receive one, according to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics" (Para 5). "Government statistics show that pregnancy out of wedlock or from rape or incest were the most cited reasons in 2020 given to the committee, representing 49 percent of termination requests" (Para 19). "According to the Health Ministry, abortion rates have steadily decreased over the past 30 years, staying largely at 20,000 abortions annually even as the number of pregnancies has risen—from 103,000 per year in 1990 to 182,000 in 2019. The drop in abortion rates is attributed to better sex education in schools and access to contraception, says reproductive...more
July 9, 2025, 1:25 p.m.
Countries: Botswana
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1, ABO-DATA-1
"In Botswana, complications from abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality accounting for 23 per cent of all maternal deaths" (Page 1).
Variables: MMR-PRACTICE-1, ABO-DATA-1
"In Botswana, complications from abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality accounting for 23 per cent of all maternal deaths" (Page 1).
July 8, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In table one: No. of abortions per number of women of reproductive age (%). Bosnian Podrinje Canton 3.77, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton 2.67, Sarajevo Canton 3.55, Central Bosnia Canton 0.34, Tuzla Canton 5.73, Una-Sana Canton 0.13, Zenica-Doboj Canton 6.14. Type of pregnancy termination, Medically indicated termination 61.1%, Intentional termination 34.8%, Unknown 3.3%, Spontaneous 0.8%" (Page 26).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In table one: No. of abortions per number of women of reproductive age (%). Bosnian Podrinje Canton 3.77, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton 2.67, Sarajevo Canton 3.55, Central Bosnia Canton 0.34, Tuzla Canton 5.73, Una-Sana Canton 0.13, Zenica-Doboj Canton 6.14. Type of pregnancy termination, Medically indicated termination 61.1%, Intentional termination 34.8%, Unknown 3.3%, Spontaneous 0.8%" (Page 26).
July 2, 2025, 10:08 p.m.
Countries: Bhutan
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Intensive programme e_x001d_orts have resulted in decline in MMR to 86/100 000 live births in 2017. In the years 2001 – 2002, out of 35 investigated maternal deaths in the country, 2 deaths were because of abortion complications. Abortion complications are one of the most common obstetric morbidity causes with a case fatality rate of 1.4%" (Para 2).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Intensive programme e_x001d_orts have resulted in decline in MMR to 86/100 000 live births in 2017. In the years 2001 – 2002, out of 35 investigated maternal deaths in the country, 2 deaths were because of abortion complications. Abortion complications are one of the most common obstetric morbidity causes with a case fatality rate of 1.4%" (Para 2).
June 29, 2025, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since the law was passed, her clinic, the Beninese Association for the Promotion of the Family, has gone from performing about 30 abortions a month to performing 50" (Para 19). "Botched abortions leave hundreds of women infertile and kill at least 200 women annually in Benin — and that figure could be two or three times as high" (Para 22).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since the law was passed, her clinic, the Beninese Association for the Promotion of the Family, has gone from performing about 30 abortions a month to performing 50" (Para 19). "Botched abortions leave hundreds of women infertile and kill at least 200 women annually in Benin — and that figure could be two or three times as high" (Para 22).
April 30, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"According to the global human rights organisation, Center for Reproductive Rights, around seven women and girls die every day in Kenya because of unsafe abortions. Thousands more are hospitalised. At an unregulated clinic on the outskirts of Nairobi, the man in charge offers women abortions for 2,500 Kenyan shillings ($16; £13)" (par. 20-21).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"According to the global human rights organisation, Center for Reproductive Rights, around seven women and girls die every day in Kenya because of unsafe abortions. Thousands more are hospitalised. At an unregulated clinic on the outskirts of Nairobi, the man in charge offers women abortions for 2,500 Kenyan shillings ($16; £13)" (par. 20-21).
April 2, 2025, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The only official data on the number of abortions performed in the country is provided by the Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, which reports a total of 15,472 abortions among obstetric procedures performed in public sector facilities during 2019 , but does not provide data that relates this figure to maternal mortality. For its part, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) reports cases prosecuted for the crime of abortion established in the current Penal Code: 2016: 1 case; 2017: 3 cases; 2018: 27 cases; 2019: 5 cases; The increase in cases between 2017 and 2018, represents a 900% increase that calls powerfully for attention. As of 2019,...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The only official data on the number of abortions performed in the country is provided by the Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health, which reports a total of 15,472 abortions among obstetric procedures performed in public sector facilities during 2019 , but does not provide data that relates this figure to maternal mortality. For its part, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) reports cases prosecuted for the crime of abortion established in the current Penal Code: 2016: 1 case; 2017: 3 cases; 2018: 27 cases; 2019: 5 cases; The increase in cases between 2017 and 2018, represents a 900% increase that calls powerfully for attention. As of 2019,...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"That the highly restrictive access to abortion in therapeutic cases has resulted in the denial of this procedure to women and girls who are victims of forced pregnancy through sexual violence" (14).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"That the highly restrictive access to abortion in therapeutic cases has resulted in the denial of this procedure to women and girls who are victims of forced pregnancy through sexual violence" (14).
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"[I]ncidents of unsafe abortions remain high in Uganda as many people remain unaware that abortions can be legally obtained under these circumstances" (4). "[U]nless the government takes immediate responsibility, teenage girls, rural women and low-income women who are less likely to have the resources to access safe services in Uganda, will continue to be seek clandestine abortions, increasing their risk of abortion-related complications and death" (4).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"[I]ncidents of unsafe abortions remain high in Uganda as many people remain unaware that abortions can be legally obtained under these circumstances" (4). "[U]nless the government takes immediate responsibility, teenage girls, rural women and low-income women who are less likely to have the resources to access safe services in Uganda, will continue to be seek clandestine abortions, increasing their risk of abortion-related complications and death" (4).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
Table 2, titled "Causes of maternal mortality: Ministry of People's Power for Health," shows the number of maternal deaths resulting from termination of pregnancy by abortion. There were 42 such deaths in 2014, 32 in 2015, 78 in 2016, 48 in 2017, 68 in 2018, 41 in 2019, and 17 in 2020 (20).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
Table 2, titled "Causes of maternal mortality: Ministry of People's Power for Health," shows the number of maternal deaths resulting from termination of pregnancy by abortion. There were 42 such deaths in 2014, 32 in 2015, 78 in 2016, 48 in 2017, 68 in 2018, 41 in 2019, and 17 in 2020 (20).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Between 2014 and 2018, a total of 97 cases were filed for abortion, of these 65 have been resolved and 32 are pending. Of the cases resolved, 54 per cent have resulted in a conviction and 46 per cent in a not-guilty verdict. Among the measures adopted in the cases of conviction, 16 were sentenced to imprisonment, 13 received suspended sentences under summary procedures, and in six cases non-custodial socio educational measures were ordered" (10). "From January to July 2020, services relating to 74 cases of sexual violence and 13 pregnancies that ended in abortion were provided" (29). "On 4 August 2017, through Memorandum No. MSP-2017-0790-M, the Minister for Public...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Between 2014 and 2018, a total of 97 cases were filed for abortion, of these 65 have been resolved and 32 are pending. Of the cases resolved, 54 per cent have resulted in a conviction and 46 per cent in a not-guilty verdict. Among the measures adopted in the cases of conviction, 16 were sentenced to imprisonment, 13 received suspended sentences under summary procedures, and in six cases non-custodial socio educational measures were ordered" (10). "From January to July 2020, services relating to 74 cases of sexual violence and 13 pregnancies that ended in abortion were provided" (29). "On 4 August 2017, through Memorandum No. MSP-2017-0790-M, the Minister for Public...more
March 3, 2025, 5:43 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The UK's fragile economy and cost-of-living crisis is also putting people off having children, some believe, evidenced by abortion rates simultaneously spiking" (para 18).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The UK's fragile economy and cost-of-living crisis is also putting people off having children, some believe, evidenced by abortion rates simultaneously spiking" (para 18).
Feb. 28, 2025, 6:44 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The Observer previously revealed police have launched dozens of investigations into suspected breaches of the law in the past decade, including cases where women bought abortion pills online and drank herbal remedies without medical supervision. In one case in 2021, a 15-year-old girl who had an unexplained early stillbirth was subjected to a year-long investigation that saw her texts and search history examined, according to records released under freedom of information laws. The case was dropped after a coroner concluded natural causes ended the pregnancy. In another case, in Norfolk, a woman was hospitalised after swallowing eight misoprostol tablets – used with mifepristone to induce abortion – which had not...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The Observer previously revealed police have launched dozens of investigations into suspected breaches of the law in the past decade, including cases where women bought abortion pills online and drank herbal remedies without medical supervision. In one case in 2021, a 15-year-old girl who had an unexplained early stillbirth was subjected to a year-long investigation that saw her texts and search history examined, according to records released under freedom of information laws. The case was dropped after a coroner concluded natural causes ended the pregnancy. In another case, in Norfolk, a woman was hospitalised after swallowing eight misoprostol tablets – used with mifepristone to induce abortion – which had not...more
Feb. 21, 2025, 6:35 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"A network of abortion rights groups, Abortion Without Borders, said that it dealt with an 'overwhelming number of inquiries from people seeking abortion support' in Poland or abroad. In 2024, the network 'supported 47,000 people in accessing abortion care', it said in a report released last month. 'Abortion in Poland is a daily reality,' it added, estimating that up to 150,000 abortions were carried out each year in the predominantly Catholic country. But according to official numbers, only about 780 of those were performed in Polish hospitals in the first 10 months of 2024." (para 8-10).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"A network of abortion rights groups, Abortion Without Borders, said that it dealt with an 'overwhelming number of inquiries from people seeking abortion support' in Poland or abroad. In 2024, the network 'supported 47,000 people in accessing abortion care', it said in a report released last month. 'Abortion in Poland is a daily reality,' it added, estimating that up to 150,000 abortions were carried out each year in the predominantly Catholic country. But according to official numbers, only about 780 of those were performed in Polish hospitals in the first 10 months of 2024." (para 8-10).
Feb. 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"For the past few years, she has also been selling packs of mifepristone and misoprostol, medicines included in the WHO essential medicines list to induce abortion safely. Both medicines are legal in Nigeria, a country with one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, but only if used to save women’s lives during obstetric complications. Olayemi does not stock them in her shop; instead when a woman comes asking for help to end an unwanted pregnancy, she has them delivered. On average, she gets three such requests a month. A mother of four, she has had two abortions herself. The first, 10 years ago, was self-induced with only misoprostol, the...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"For the past few years, she has also been selling packs of mifepristone and misoprostol, medicines included in the WHO essential medicines list to induce abortion safely. Both medicines are legal in Nigeria, a country with one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, but only if used to save women’s lives during obstetric complications. Olayemi does not stock them in her shop; instead when a woman comes asking for help to end an unwanted pregnancy, she has them delivered. On average, she gets three such requests a month. A mother of four, she has had two abortions herself. The first, 10 years ago, was self-induced with only misoprostol, the...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"'Valentina' told Human Rights Watch that she searched for a doctor to authorize and perform her abortion in March 2020 in Lombardy: 'I went to my gynecologist – he said I can’t see you because of Covid. I went to the hospital, they said we can’t see you because of Covid. I went to another hospital – they didn’t even let me in the door because they said they were only taking urgent cases. They told me to go to the consultorio [family planning clinic]. So I called the consultorio. They said they were closed because of the pandemic.' Valentina said she felt desperate: 'The Italian state closed the door...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"'Valentina' told Human Rights Watch that she searched for a doctor to authorize and perform her abortion in March 2020 in Lombardy: 'I went to my gynecologist – he said I can’t see you because of Covid. I went to the hospital, they said we can’t see you because of Covid. I went to another hospital – they didn’t even let me in the door because they said they were only taking urgent cases. They told me to go to the consultorio [family planning clinic]. So I called the consultorio. They said they were closed because of the pandemic.' Valentina said she felt desperate: 'The Italian state closed the door...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling" (para 8-9). "Over the decades, the number of abortions in Russia fell from 4.1 million in 1990 to 517,000 in 2021" (para 11). "The anti-abortion push comes as Russian women appear to be in no rush to have more children amid the war in Ukraine and economic uncertainty. Sales of abortion pills in 2022 were up 60%, according to Nikolay Bespalov, development director of the RNC Pharma analytical company. They fell...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In the Soviet Union, abortion laws meant that some women had the procedure multiple times due to difficulties in obtaining contraceptives. After the USSR’s collapse, government and health experts promoted family planning and birth control, sending abortion rates falling" (para 8-9). "Over the decades, the number of abortions in Russia fell from 4.1 million in 1990 to 517,000 in 2021" (para 11). "The anti-abortion push comes as Russian women appear to be in no rush to have more children amid the war in Ukraine and economic uncertainty. Sales of abortion pills in 2022 were up 60%, according to Nikolay Bespalov, development director of the RNC Pharma analytical company. They fell...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"According to government figures, 234,000 abortions were carried out in France last year" (para 11).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"According to government figures, 234,000 abortions were carried out in France last year" (para 11).
Feb. 5, 2025, 6:50 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Last month, the fifth woman this year appeared in an English court charged under Section 58, compared with only three previous prosecutions in the past 160 years" (para 10). "Two weeks ago, the UK’s Court of Appeal ruled that jail was 'unlikely to be just' in the case of Carla Foster. The 45 year-old was initially sentenced earlier this year to 28 months in prison for illegally procuring abortion drugs while she was over 32 weeks pregnant" (para 18). "Since 2020, women in England who are less than 10 weeks pregnant have been able to have a medical abortion – taking mifepristone and then misoprostol – in their home after...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Last month, the fifth woman this year appeared in an English court charged under Section 58, compared with only three previous prosecutions in the past 160 years" (para 10). "Two weeks ago, the UK’s Court of Appeal ruled that jail was 'unlikely to be just' in the case of Carla Foster. The 45 year-old was initially sentenced earlier this year to 28 months in prison for illegally procuring abortion drugs while she was over 32 weeks pregnant" (para 18). "Since 2020, women in England who are less than 10 weeks pregnant have been able to have a medical abortion – taking mifepristone and then misoprostol – in their home after...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Six to eight hundred abortions take place every day in Morocco, two-thirds of them performed by licensed doctors" (3). "A 30-year-old woman told Human Rights Watch in 2015 that when she found out she was pregnant outside of wedlock, she attempted to abort it herself and even attempted suicide. She said she went to a man for an abortion, but he asked her to either pay $10,000 or have sex with him. She refused and went through with the pregnancy but could not return to her family for fear of what they may do, as the father of her child refuses to recognize her daughter" (4). "Police in Rabat arrested...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Six to eight hundred abortions take place every day in Morocco, two-thirds of them performed by licensed doctors" (3). "A 30-year-old woman told Human Rights Watch in 2015 that when she found out she was pregnant outside of wedlock, she attempted to abort it herself and even attempted suicide. She said she went to a man for an abortion, but he asked her to either pay $10,000 or have sex with him. She refused and went through with the pregnancy but could not return to her family for fear of what they may do, as the father of her child refuses to recognize her daughter" (4). "Police in Rabat arrested...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: FSCB-LAW-1, ABO-DATA-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "The 'two-child policy' has not provided any relief to the countless families suffering from penalties for past violations and were denied their right under international law to choose when and whether to have children, or the countless women who endured the pain and trauma of forced abortions" (4). "There are disturbing reports that the Chinese government is imposing forced population control measures on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities as part of this crackdown, while easing restrictions for the Han population....more
Variables: FSCB-LAW-1, ABO-DATA-1
"From 1979 to 2015, China imposed the 'one-child policy.' The policy violated women’s reproductive rights. Its enforcement through measures like forced and coerced abortion and sterilization compounded the abuse" (3). "The 'two-child policy' has not provided any relief to the countless families suffering from penalties for past violations and were denied their right under international law to choose when and whether to have children, or the countless women who endured the pain and trauma of forced abortions" (4). "There are disturbing reports that the Chinese government is imposing forced population control measures on Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities as part of this crackdown, while easing restrictions for the Han population....more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). "The campaign relied on deception and physical force against women who were kept in military custody for days or weeks. Three soldiers and a guard said they commonly assured women, who often were debilitated from captivity in the bush, that the pills and injections given to them were to restore their health and...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). "The campaign relied on deception and physical force against women who were kept in military custody for days or weeks. Three soldiers and a guard said they commonly assured women, who often were debilitated from captivity in the bush, that the pills and injections given to them were to restore their health and...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:10 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). "The campaign relied on deception and physical force against women who were kept in military custody for days or weeks. Three soldiers and a guard said they commonly assured women, who often were debilitated from captivity in the bush, that the pills and injections given to them were to restore their health and...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). "The campaign relied on deception and physical force against women who were kept in military custody for days or weeks. Three soldiers and a guard said they commonly assured women, who often were debilitated from captivity in the bush, that the pills and injections given to them were to restore their health and...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 8:49 p.m.
Countries: Croatia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In 2022, the weekslong ordeal of a woman who had been denied an abortion even though her child had serious health problems caused an uproar and triggered protests in Croatia's liberal community. Mirela Cavajda was 20 weeks pregnant when doctors informed her that her fetus had a brain tumor and no chance of a normal life. Though the abortion was eventually permitted in Croatia, Cavajde had it performed in Slovenia. As many as 207 Croatian women traveled to a single border hospital in Slovenia that same year for the procedure, a study by Croatian obstetrician Jasenka Grujić showed" (para 12-14).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In 2022, the weekslong ordeal of a woman who had been denied an abortion even though her child had serious health problems caused an uproar and triggered protests in Croatia's liberal community. Mirela Cavajda was 20 weeks pregnant when doctors informed her that her fetus had a brain tumor and no chance of a normal life. Though the abortion was eventually permitted in Croatia, Cavajde had it performed in Slovenia. As many as 207 Croatian women traveled to a single border hospital in Slovenia that same year for the procedure, a study by Croatian obstetrician Jasenka Grujić showed" (para 12-14).
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The Ministry of Health reports an annual average of 62,000 cases of post-abortion care. In 2017, 8.5% of maternal deaths were due to abortion . There have been a total of 453 therapeutic abortions in 2015 and 311 in 2016" (10). "The Criminality Observatory of the Public Ministry, between 2015 and March 2017, registered 2,119 cases investigated for abortion" (11).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The Ministry of Health reports an annual average of 62,000 cases of post-abortion care. In 2017, 8.5% of maternal deaths were due to abortion . There have been a total of 453 therapeutic abortions in 2015 and 311 in 2016" (10). "The Criminality Observatory of the Public Ministry, between 2015 and March 2017, registered 2,119 cases investigated for abortion" (11).
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Three weeks later, Tognifode was working on a ward at the local hospital when she reached a woman who had septicaemia, probably caused by a clandestine abortion. 'It was the same young woman I had seen a few weeks before,' she says. 'She had found her own solution in secret … I hadn’t completely recognised her because she was no longer in the same state but close to the other side, close to death.' For Tognifode, this story – and there are countless others from gynaecologists around the country – illustrates why reform to the law in Benin was so crucial" (para 3-4). "Outside a family planning clinic in Cotonou,...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Three weeks later, Tognifode was working on a ward at the local hospital when she reached a woman who had septicaemia, probably caused by a clandestine abortion. 'It was the same young woman I had seen a few weeks before,' she says. 'She had found her own solution in secret … I hadn’t completely recognised her because she was no longer in the same state but close to the other side, close to death.' For Tognifode, this story – and there are countless others from gynaecologists around the country – illustrates why reform to the law in Benin was so crucial" (para 3-4). "Outside a family planning clinic in Cotonou,...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Throughout his ministry, the Rev Cliff Nyekanyeka has led funeral services for women who died after an illegal abortion in Malawi. He has visited hospitals where doctors have shown him the aftereffects of such procedures, including pictures of what he describes as 'rotting uteruses'" (para 1). "Despite the law, tens of thousands of women have abortions each year in Malawi. Research by the Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for sexual and reproductive health, and the University of Malawi College of Medicine, published in 2017 – the latest date for which figures are available – estimated that 141,000 women in Malawi had an abortion in 2015, and that 60% of these resulted...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Throughout his ministry, the Rev Cliff Nyekanyeka has led funeral services for women who died after an illegal abortion in Malawi. He has visited hospitals where doctors have shown him the aftereffects of such procedures, including pictures of what he describes as 'rotting uteruses'" (para 1). "Despite the law, tens of thousands of women have abortions each year in Malawi. Research by the Guttmacher Institute, which advocates for sexual and reproductive health, and the University of Malawi College of Medicine, published in 2017 – the latest date for which figures are available – estimated that 141,000 women in Malawi had an abortion in 2015, and that 60% of these resulted...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The number of legal abortions in the United States decreased just over 6 percent in the six months after the Supreme Court ended the right to abortion last June, according to a report released Tuesday, the most comprehensive and up-to-date count of abortions nationwide" (par. 1). "The data goes through Dec. 31, by which point 13 states had banned abortion with almost no exceptions and another, Georgia, had banned it after six weeks of pregnancy. Legal abortions in the states with total bans fell to nearly zero — an average decrease of around 7,300 abortions a month compared with April and May. They increased by an average of 2,100 a...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The number of legal abortions in the United States decreased just over 6 percent in the six months after the Supreme Court ended the right to abortion last June, according to a report released Tuesday, the most comprehensive and up-to-date count of abortions nationwide" (par. 1). "The data goes through Dec. 31, by which point 13 states had banned abortion with almost no exceptions and another, Georgia, had banned it after six weeks of pregnancy. Legal abortions in the states with total bans fell to nearly zero — an average decrease of around 7,300 abortions a month compared with April and May. They increased by an average of 2,100 a...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The abortion rate in the country in 2017 was 12.3 per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The number of abortions among adolescents aged 12–19 was 1,778 in 2012, 1,697 in 2013, 1,975 in 2014, 1,443 in 2015, 1,523 in 2016 and 1,454 in 2017. The data on abortion are not fully reliable owing to the problem of unreliable recording and informal payments for abortions performed in early stages of pregnancy, which do not require lengthy procedures" (29).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The abortion rate in the country in 2017 was 12.3 per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The number of abortions among adolescents aged 12–19 was 1,778 in 2012, 1,697 in 2013, 1,975 in 2014, 1,443 in 2015, 1,523 in 2016 and 1,454 in 2017. The data on abortion are not fully reliable owing to the problem of unreliable recording and informal payments for abortions performed in early stages of pregnancy, which do not require lengthy procedures" (29).