Research Catalog

Title

Abortion worldwide : a decade of uneven progress / Susheela Singh ... [et al.].

Publication

[New York, NY] : Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Bankole, Akinrinola.
• Hussain, Rubina.
• Sedgh, Gilda.
• Singh, Susheela.
• Wulf, Deirdre.
• Alan Guttmacher Institute.

Description

64 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

"This report assesses progress over the past decade regarding the legality, safety and accessibility of abortion services worldwide. It summarizes developments in policy and documents recent trends in abortion incidence, with a focus on unsafe abortion. It also examines the relationship between unintended pregnancy, contraception and abortion, placing abortion within the broader context of women's reproductive lives." - p. 4

Subject

• Abortion > Statistics
• Abortion > Government policy
• Abortion services

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-64).

Cite As (note)

• Suggested citation: Singh S et al., Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2009.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (1.52 , 68 p.).

System Details (note)

• System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Contents

Executive summary -- Abortion worldwide. What has changed? -- Women around the world live with widely varying abortion laws and services -- Abortion rates have fallen, but unsafe abortion rates have not -- Safe abortion services are delivered in many ways -- When abortion laws are restrictive, women are at risk for unsafe abortion -- Quality postabortion care can reduce the harmful effects of unsafe abortion -- Preventing unintended pregnancy is fundamental to reducing abortion -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Call Number

JFF 10-182

ISBN

• 0939253828
• 9780939253821
• 9781934387030
• 1934387037

OCLC

466418993

Title

Abortion worldwide : a decade of uneven progress / Susheela Singh ... [et al.].

Imprint

[New York, NY] : Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-64).

Cite As:

Suggested citation: Singh S et al., Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2009.

Additional Formats

Also available via World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (1.52 , 68 p.).

System Details

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Connect to:

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/AWWfullreport.pdf

Added Author

Bankole, Akinrinola.

Hussain, Rubina.

Sedgh, Gilda.

Singh, Susheela.

Wulf, Deirdre.

Alan Guttmacher Institute.

Research Call Number

JFF 10-182