Essential elements of postabortion care: origins, evolution and future directions.(Issues In Perspective)

Complications from spontaneous abortions and unsafely induced abortions pose a serious global threat to women's health and lives. An estimated 46 million induced abortions are performed annually; (1) about 20 million are unsafe, and 95% of these take place in the developing world. (2) Unsafe abortion accounts for an estimated 13% of pregnancy-related deaths (3)--representing approximately 67,000 women (4)--every year. In many other cases, unsafe abortion causes such long-term consequences as chronic pain, pelvic inflammatory disease, tubal occlusion and secondary infertility. (5) Hospital records from developing countries suggest that 38-68% of women treated for complications ...

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