REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Reducing Unsafe Abortion

Unsafe abortion continues to contribute substantially to reproductive morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially among poor women in developing countries. Every year 70,000–100,000 women die from unsafe abortions, 99 percent of them in developing countries.

Population Council research aims to save women’s lives by reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by unsafe abortion and, in countries where abortion is legal, by making services safer.

The Council’s research on this issue involves a range of community- and clinic-based efforts focused on improving the safety of abortion services in settings in which abortion is legal, testing innovative ways to measure prevalence rates, exploring determinants of abortion and care-seeking behavior, and investigating abortion knowledge and attitudes among such groups as clients, men, and providers.

Projects

• Mexico: Estimating the Incidence of Induced Abortion in Mexico

• Mexico: Estimating the Prevalence of Induced Abortion in Mexico

• Mexico: Mexican National Opinion Survey on Reproductive Health and Social Issues

• Mexico: Young Mexicans’ Hopes and Fears About Abortion and Abortion Law: A Qualitative Study in Two Cities

• Pakistan: Pilot Study of Contraception and Abortion in Five Country Settings

• Pakistan: Research on Unwanted Pregnancies and Postabortion Complications in Pakistan

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See Also

• Postabortion Care

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This page updated 24 January 2008

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