Latest items for ABO-DATA-1
March 18, 2023, 10:20 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In 2014/15, 1343 facilities provided safe abortion service to 211,533 women based on the prescriptions of the law" (18).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In 2014/15, 1343 facilities provided safe abortion service to 211,533 women based on the prescriptions of the law" (18).
Feb. 24, 2023, 12:54 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In FY 2013/14, a total of 90,468 Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) and PAC service has been provided out of which 78,101 women received CAC service from 776 listed sites. Out of the total 24 percent women who received long acting contraceptive methods, 1.3 percent encountered post abortion complication" (33).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In FY 2013/14, a total of 90,468 Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) and PAC service has been provided out of which 78,101 women received CAC service from 776 listed sites. Out of the total 24 percent women who received long acting contraceptive methods, 1.3 percent encountered post abortion complication" (33).
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:52 a.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"After the ban, abortion swiftly moved underground. Doctors who had previously offered free terminations in public hospitals charged handsomely for terminations in private clinics. They offered gynecological services through classified ads with only a phone number and code words like 'anesthesia' and 'safe.' While legal abortions dropped to about a thousand a year, the actual number of terminations has stayed around 150,000, advocacy groups like Federa estimate." (Para.29). "About 80 Polish women a year used to visit Heemstede, an abortion clinic near Amsterdam that specializes in late-term abortions, which are allowed in the Netherlands until the 24th week. Last year, of 3,000 abortions performed there, 400 were provided to Polish...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"After the ban, abortion swiftly moved underground. Doctors who had previously offered free terminations in public hospitals charged handsomely for terminations in private clinics. They offered gynecological services through classified ads with only a phone number and code words like 'anesthesia' and 'safe.' While legal abortions dropped to about a thousand a year, the actual number of terminations has stayed around 150,000, advocacy groups like Federa estimate." (Para.29). "About 80 Polish women a year used to visit Heemstede, an abortion clinic near Amsterdam that specializes in late-term abortions, which are allowed in the Netherlands until the 24th week. Last year, of 3,000 abortions performed there, 400 were provided to Polish...more
Feb. 18, 2023, 10:31 a.m.
Countries: Philippines
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"An estimated 1.1 million abortions occur every year in the country, according to a University of the Philippines study in 2020, which predicted a rise as heath services were disrupted during the Covid pandemic. And the number has been growing, says Jihan Jacob, senior legal adviser for Asia at the Center for Reproductive Rights. 'Like in any other country which has restrictive laws, it does not prevent abortion, it just makes them unsafe,' she says" (Para.6).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"An estimated 1.1 million abortions occur every year in the country, according to a University of the Philippines study in 2020, which predicted a rise as heath services were disrupted during the Covid pandemic. And the number has been growing, says Jihan Jacob, senior legal adviser for Asia at the Center for Reproductive Rights. 'Like in any other country which has restrictive laws, it does not prevent abortion, it just makes them unsafe,' she says" (Para.6).
Feb. 18, 2023, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In fiscal 2018 alone, there were 28 cases of infanticide of children under 1 years old. Seven of them were killed the day they were born, according to the Health Ministry. So far this year, there were at least six known cases of women abandoning newborns in public places" (Para.9). "There were about 140,000 surgical abortions in 2020, according to the Health Ministry. They cost between $740 to $3,000 — and have become a profitable business for abortion providers, said Takeshi Hasuda, the director of Jikei Hospital" (Para.30).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In fiscal 2018 alone, there were 28 cases of infanticide of children under 1 years old. Seven of them were killed the day they were born, according to the Health Ministry. So far this year, there were at least six known cases of women abandoning newborns in public places" (Para.9). "There were about 140,000 surgical abortions in 2020, according to the Health Ministry. They cost between $740 to $3,000 — and have become a profitable business for abortion providers, said Takeshi Hasuda, the director of Jikei Hospital" (Para.30).
Jan. 19, 2023, midnight
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Nearly 215,000 abortions were carried out in the two nations in 2021, according to Government data, up 2 per cent on the year before. More than half were carried out at home via the pills by post service, according to the report from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities" (para 8-9).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Nearly 215,000 abortions were carried out in the two nations in 2021, according to Government data, up 2 per cent on the year before. More than half were carried out at home via the pills by post service, according to the report from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities" (para 8-9).
Jan. 12, 2023, 10:04 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Malta is a predominantly Catholic country with most residents favoring abortion restrictions. One recent poll found 61.8% of Maltese do not believe abortion should be decriminalized. The poll showed 27.8% of survey respondents believe abortion should be legal in some circumstances while 8.3% said it should be legal in all cases." (para 17-18).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Malta is a predominantly Catholic country with most residents favoring abortion restrictions. One recent poll found 61.8% of Maltese do not believe abortion should be decriminalized. The poll showed 27.8% of survey respondents believe abortion should be legal in some circumstances while 8.3% said it should be legal in all cases." (para 17-18).
Dec. 9, 2022, 2:29 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"According to the Guttmacher Institute, China has among the highest rates of abortion globally. From 2015 to 2019, the country recorded 40,200,000 pregnancies annually — 23.2 million of which were unintended and 17.7 million that ended in abortion. The data shows that about 78 percent of unintended pregnancies in China end in abortion" (para 5).
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"According to the Guttmacher Institute, China has among the highest rates of abortion globally. From 2015 to 2019, the country recorded 40,200,000 pregnancies annually — 23.2 million of which were unintended and 17.7 million that ended in abortion. The data shows that about 78 percent of unintended pregnancies in China end in abortion" (para 5).
Sept. 3, 2022, 11:44 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"ONS figures also recorded that 25.3 per cent of pregnancies in 2020 resulted in an abortion, about 206,000." (21)
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"ONS figures also recorded that 25.3 per cent of pregnancies in 2020 resulted in an abortion, about 206,000." (21)
Sept. 3, 2022, 7:50 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"France has other particularities. Its abortion-rights effort got some lift from the Manifesto of the 343, a 1971 open letter written by de Beauvoir and signed by hundreds of well-known writers, actors, filmmakers, and designers, including Catherine Deneuve, Marguerite Duras, Agnès Varda, and Sonia Rykiel. The signatories all attested to having had an abortion, and they argued that the procedure was 'the most basic necessity, without which the political fight cannot even begin.'" (12)
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"France has other particularities. Its abortion-rights effort got some lift from the Manifesto of the 343, a 1971 open letter written by de Beauvoir and signed by hundreds of well-known writers, actors, filmmakers, and designers, including Catherine Deneuve, Marguerite Duras, Agnès Varda, and Sonia Rykiel. The signatories all attested to having had an abortion, and they argued that the procedure was 'the most basic necessity, without which the political fight cannot even begin.'" (12)
June 29, 2022, 10:39 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Overall, El Salvador has prosecuted at least 181 women who experienced obstetric emergencies in the past two decades, according to the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, which has been working to win freedom for such women since 2009. At least 65 imprisoned women have been released with the help of the organization and its allies" (para 13).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Overall, El Salvador has prosecuted at least 181 women who experienced obstetric emergencies in the past two decades, according to the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, which has been working to win freedom for such women since 2009. At least 65 imprisoned women have been released with the help of the organization and its allies" (para 13).
June 29, 2022, 9:15 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Over the last 20 years, El Salvador has criminally prosecuted 181 women who suffered obstetric emergencies" (para 13).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Over the last 20 years, El Salvador has criminally prosecuted 181 women who suffered obstetric emergencies" (para 13).
June 14, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"[In Greenland] prevention is provided free of charge. But the abortion rate is high. Abortion is free of charge, but the rates are still at a high level compared to other countries" (39). "The official number of abortions in the Faroe Islands is decreasing and was historically low in 2017, with 29 per 1000 live born children, which is the lowest number in Europe (and lower than in the USA)...It has been argued that Faroese women travel to Denmark to have abortions. However, according to statistics this is not the case, since the number of abortions conducted in Denmark by women residing in the Faroe Islands was 22, over a...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"[In Greenland] prevention is provided free of charge. But the abortion rate is high. Abortion is free of charge, but the rates are still at a high level compared to other countries" (39). "The official number of abortions in the Faroe Islands is decreasing and was historically low in 2017, with 29 per 1000 live born children, which is the lowest number in Europe (and lower than in the USA)...It has been argued that Faroese women travel to Denmark to have abortions. However, according to statistics this is not the case, since the number of abortions conducted in Denmark by women residing in the Faroe Islands was 22, over a...more
June 9, 2022, 5:16 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Ruiz had been working in a drop-in clinic in Tartagal when a 21-year-old came in. A team of doctors assessed the woman, who was 22 weeks pregnant, and determined she met the criteria for a late-stage abortion – her health was at risk. Ruiz prescribed misoprostol, a drug that induces miscarriage, and admitted the woman.. Days later the woman’s family filed a criminal complaint" (Para. 4). "In the first year since abortion was legalised, 64,164 terminations were recorded. The number of health centres that provided abortions increased from 907 to 1,347" (Para. 10). "In the province of Buenos Aires, home to a third of the population, the number of municipalities...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Ruiz had been working in a drop-in clinic in Tartagal when a 21-year-old came in. A team of doctors assessed the woman, who was 22 weeks pregnant, and determined she met the criteria for a late-stage abortion – her health was at risk. Ruiz prescribed misoprostol, a drug that induces miscarriage, and admitted the woman.. Days later the woman’s family filed a criminal complaint" (Para. 4). "In the first year since abortion was legalised, 64,164 terminations were recorded. The number of health centres that provided abortions increased from 907 to 1,347" (Para. 10). "In the province of Buenos Aires, home to a third of the population, the number of municipalities...more
May 16, 2022, 8:09 p.m.
Countries: Suriname
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"In 2010, national unmet need for family planning was determined at 16.9 per cent, with highest unmet need among women in the interior: 34 per cent (MICS 2010). Due to relatively low use of contraceptives, the risk of unintended pregnancy is high, resulting in an estimated amount of 5,000 to 10,000 abortions per year, which is a rate of 43 to 86 abortions per 1.000 women, aged 15 44 years (Report Terborg, J. 2011). Data after 2010 will be made available through new MICS" (31).
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"In 2010, national unmet need for family planning was determined at 16.9 per cent, with highest unmet need among women in the interior: 34 per cent (MICS 2010). Due to relatively low use of contraceptives, the risk of unintended pregnancy is high, resulting in an estimated amount of 5,000 to 10,000 abortions per year, which is a rate of 43 to 86 abortions per 1.000 women, aged 15 44 years (Report Terborg, J. 2011). Data after 2010 will be made available through new MICS" (31).
May 12, 2022, 5 p.m.
Countries: Panama
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Although an illegal hiring practice, some employers continued to request pregnancy tests. There were two cases reported in the countryside of temporary workers who terminated their pregnancies once the condition became obvious, presumably due to fear of being fired" (13).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Although an illegal hiring practice, some employers continued to request pregnancy tests. There were two cases reported in the countryside of temporary workers who terminated their pregnancies once the condition became obvious, presumably due to fear of being fired" (13).
March 17, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"More than 21,000 abortions take place in Ecuador each year, according to feminist group Trenzando Feminismos, most of them in dangerous illegal clinics" (Para. 13).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"More than 21,000 abortions take place in Ecuador each year, according to feminist group Trenzando Feminismos, most of them in dangerous illegal clinics" (Para. 13).
March 9, 2022, 9:26 a.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Prosecutors in Colombia open about 400 cases each year against women who have abortions or people who help them, according to the attorney general’s office. At least 346 people have been convicted in such cases since 2006. Nearly all of these abortion-related investigations have been in rural areas, involving girls as young as 11, according to researchers with Causa Justa. Illegal abortions can be unsafe and cause about 70 deaths a year in Colombia, according to the country’s health ministry" (para 24-26).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Prosecutors in Colombia open about 400 cases each year against women who have abortions or people who help them, according to the attorney general’s office. At least 346 people have been convicted in such cases since 2006. Nearly all of these abortion-related investigations have been in rural areas, involving girls as young as 11, according to researchers with Causa Justa. Illegal abortions can be unsafe and cause about 70 deaths a year in Colombia, according to the country’s health ministry" (para 24-26).
March 9, 2022, 8:57 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Since 2005 there has been a decrease of 6.7% of the rate of abortion (No. of IVG for 1000 women aged between 15–49 years). The reduction is more rapid among women better educated, employed and married. More generally, it may be noted the steady decline in the abortion rate from 80’s up to date, when this has fallen by 43.5%. Italy is among the countries...with the lowest rate of abortion cases (11.1%)...The abortion rate of minors for...2006 [was] 4.9 out of 1000. This value is similar to previous years’, but with higher values in Northern and central Italy...the consent for surgery was released in 69.3% of cases by the parents...more
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"Since 2005 there has been a decrease of 6.7% of the rate of abortion (No. of IVG for 1000 women aged between 15–49 years). The reduction is more rapid among women better educated, employed and married. More generally, it may be noted the steady decline in the abortion rate from 80’s up to date, when this has fallen by 43.5%. Italy is among the countries...with the lowest rate of abortion cases (11.1%)...The abortion rate of minors for...2006 [was] 4.9 out of 1000. This value is similar to previous years’, but with higher values in Northern and central Italy...the consent for surgery was released in 69.3% of cases by the parents...more
Feb. 24, 2022, 10:11 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Through August 18, the Attorney General’s Office reported opening 18 investigations related to cases of forced abortion" (25).
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"Through August 18, the Attorney General’s Office reported opening 18 investigations related to cases of forced abortion" (25).
Feb. 2, 2022, 12:28 p.m.
Countries: Madagascar
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"...In August the head of an association of women with disabilities with more than 600 members reported a significant number were victims of rape and sexual abuse. In addition, an estimated 50 percent of their members had been forced by their own families to undergo forced ligation (a form of sterilization), abortion, or both. She noted this practice persisted to a lesser extent during the last few years, thanks to intensive sensitization campaigns conducted by the association" (25).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"...In August the head of an association of women with disabilities with more than 600 members reported a significant number were victims of rape and sexual abuse. In addition, an estimated 50 percent of their members had been forced by their own families to undergo forced ligation (a form of sterilization), abortion, or both. She noted this practice persisted to a lesser extent during the last few years, thanks to intensive sensitization campaigns conducted by the association" (25).
Jan. 27, 2022, 10:21 a.m.
Countries: Jamaica
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"There were no reports of coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization"(12).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"There were no reports of coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization"(12).
Jan. 24, 2022, 1:07 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"There were reports that these [two child] policies created pressure on women with more than two children to use contraception, including... termination of subsequent pregnancies" (47).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"There were reports that these [two child] policies created pressure on women with more than two children to use contraception, including... termination of subsequent pregnancies" (47).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"While there are no definite numbers, the abortion rates are above average" (1).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"While there are no definite numbers, the abortion rates are above average" (1).
Dec. 10, 2021, 5:27 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"On April 30, a psychologist who worked with persons with disabilities in state care facilities published an account of at least two young women who were recently forced to have abortions at psychoneurological dispensary #30 in the Moscow region" (56).
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"On April 30, a psychologist who worked with persons with disabilities in state care facilities published an account of at least two young women who were recently forced to have abortions at psychoneurological dispensary #30 in the Moscow region" (56).
Nov. 11, 2021, 11:34 a.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"There were no reports of coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization"(21).
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"There were no reports of coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization"(21).
Oct. 14, 2021, 7:25 a.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"The country of 38 million people sees fewer than 2,000 legal abortions a year in Poland - which even before the ruling enforced some of the strictest termination restrictions in Europe - and the vast majority of those are carried out due to damaged fetuses. But women's groups estimate that up to 200,000 procedures are performed illegally or abroad" (para 14-15). "'[The] decision represents a total ban on abortion in Poland as 98 percent of legal terminations in Poland are related to fetal malformations,' Krystyna Kacpura, head of the Federation for Women and Family Planning, said after the court's ruling" (para 21). "Kacpura said the situation for women with modest...more
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"The country of 38 million people sees fewer than 2,000 legal abortions a year in Poland - which even before the ruling enforced some of the strictest termination restrictions in Europe - and the vast majority of those are carried out due to damaged fetuses. But women's groups estimate that up to 200,000 procedures are performed illegally or abroad" (para 14-15). "'[The] decision represents a total ban on abortion in Poland as 98 percent of legal terminations in Poland are related to fetal malformations,' Krystyna Kacpura, head of the Federation for Women and Family Planning, said after the court's ruling" (para 21). "Kacpura said the situation for women with modest...more
Sept. 21, 2021, 2:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"Significant human rights issues included: ...coerced abortion" (1). "NGOs and defectors reported that the state security officials subjected women to forced abortions for political purposes, to cover up human rights abuses and rape in particular, and to 'protect' ethnic purity, and not population control. KINU’s white paper for 2019 stated that officials had in some cases prohibited live births in prison and ordered forced abortions as recently as 2013" (20).
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"Significant human rights issues included: ...coerced abortion" (1). "NGOs and defectors reported that the state security officials subjected women to forced abortions for political purposes, to cover up human rights abuses and rape in particular, and to 'protect' ethnic purity, and not population control. KINU’s white paper for 2019 stated that officials had in some cases prohibited live births in prison and ordered forced abortions as recently as 2013" (20).
Sept. 14, 2021, 8:03 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"So what happened when abortion was outlawed in El Salvador? The evidence shows us that three things occurred: (1) abortion remained commonplace and rates did not drop even though it was illegal; (2) doctors become involved in law enforcement; and (3) innocent women were accused and convicted of abortion-related crimes. These three systems—the black market, health care, and criminal justice—all yield measurable consequences of the ban on abortion" (para 3). "Perhaps the most surprising thing about banning abortion is what doesn’t happen when abortion becomes a crime. Abortion does not go away. Indeed, the rates of abortion in countries with the most restrictive abortion laws are higher. This is true...more
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"So what happened when abortion was outlawed in El Salvador? The evidence shows us that three things occurred: (1) abortion remained commonplace and rates did not drop even though it was illegal; (2) doctors become involved in law enforcement; and (3) innocent women were accused and convicted of abortion-related crimes. These three systems—the black market, health care, and criminal justice—all yield measurable consequences of the ban on abortion" (para 3). "Perhaps the most surprising thing about banning abortion is what doesn’t happen when abortion becomes a crime. Abortion does not go away. Indeed, the rates of abortion in countries with the most restrictive abortion laws are higher. This is true...more
Sept. 13, 2021, 2:24 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"State media claimed the number of coerced abortions had declined in recent years in the wake of loosened regulations, including the implementation of the two-child policy" (66). "As in prior years, population control policy continued to rely on social pressure, education, propaganda, and economic penalties, as well as on measures such as mandatory pregnancy examinations and, less frequently, coerced abortions and sterilizations... Regulations requiring women who violate the family planning policy to terminate their pregnancies still exist and were enforced in some provinces, such as Hubei, Hunan, and Liaoning. Other provinces, such as Guizhou and Yunnan, maintained provisions that require 'remedial measures,' an official euphemism for abortion, to deal with...more
Variables: ABO-DATA-1
"State media claimed the number of coerced abortions had declined in recent years in the wake of loosened regulations, including the implementation of the two-child policy" (66). "As in prior years, population control policy continued to rely on social pressure, education, propaganda, and economic penalties, as well as on measures such as mandatory pregnancy examinations and, less frequently, coerced abortions and sterilizations... Regulations requiring women who violate the family planning policy to terminate their pregnancies still exist and were enforced in some provinces, such as Hubei, Hunan, and Liaoning. Other provinces, such as Guizhou and Yunnan, maintained provisions that require 'remedial measures,' an official euphemism for abortion, to deal with...more