Background: Clandestine induced abortions are a public health problem in many
developing countries where access to abortion services is legally restricted. We estimated …

In Latin America, induced abortion is the fourth most commonly used method of fertility
regulation. Estimates of the number of induced abortions performed each year in Latin …

Examining the hidden and stigmatized practice of induced abortion is very hard to do.
Throughout the Mexican Republic's 31 states, induced abortion is highly restricted.(The …

METHODS: Data on the number of women treated for abortion complications were obtained
from a nationally representative survey of 300 public and private health facilities, and …

Examining the hidden and stigmatized practice of induced abortion is very hard to do.
Despite a 2006 Constitutional Court ruling that partially legalized abortion, only a tiny …

In Memoriarn Juan Jo& Elovet 'fhispaper analyses the present stale ofknowledge on
induced abortion in Latin America based on a critical review ofinformation from regional …

METHODS: This study used official statistics on women treated for abortion-related
complications in public hospitals in 2006 and data from a survey of informed health …

This paper reports on research carried out in Mexico City in 1995–1996 on the meaning of
motherhood, contraception, an unwanted pregnancy or child, and the experience of illegal …

Background Despite the realized importance of unsafe abortion as a global health problem,
reliable data are difficult to obtain, especially in countries where abortion is illegal. Estimates …

Abstract In 2006, a Colombian Constitutional Court decision legalized abortion in cases of
risk to a woman's physical or mental health, fetal malformation incompatible with life, or rape …