Unsafe Abortions Rates on the Rise. New Global Analysis.
(CBS/AP) Abortion rates (click title to entry - thank you) are highest where the procedure is illegal, according to a new study. The study also found nearly half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe, with the vast majority of unsafe abortions occurring in developing countries....
Are abortions on the rise worldwide? (click here)
Some folks might guess "yes" as a sign of the changing times, but a new study in the Jan. 19 issue of The Lancet found the opposite. Analyzing global data from 1995 to 2008, researchers found abortion rates have remained relatively stable since 2003. Still, abortion rates vary greatly across the world - and in some cases are higher in countries where abortion is illegal. Where in the world are abortion rates highest? Keep clicking to see the regions - as defined by the United Nations - in order of lowest to highest abortion rates among women ages 15-44 years...
If the abortion rate globally is stable then there is going to ALWAYS be a statistical amount of women seeking abortions. There is really no need for Anti-Abortion groups to continue their political rant. They have to realize there will always be a population of women with unwanted pregnancy. I have never understood the label "Pro-Life" of these groups, because, the question always arises to me as to whom they are Pro-Life for, it certainly is not women.
Article Date: 19 Jan 2012 - 10:00 PST
New figures from the Guttmacher Institute (click here) and the World Health Organization (WHO) show that after a long period of decline, the global abortion rates have steadied. From 1995 to 2003, rates dropped from 35 per 1000 women of childbearing age to 29 per 1000, whereas the new study shows the 2008 rate is stable at 28 per 1000.
The United Nations says the slow down coincides with a plateau in the uptake of contraceptive use in developing countries, where there has been a big contraceptive drive in the last couple of decades, partly because of HIV and partly because of over population issues....
The Anti-Abortion Political Campaign is irrelevant. They endanger lives and stop NOTHING. There will always be a statistically reliable number of women seeking abortion. Lack of availability of safe abortions is an assault against women's lives. There is absolutely nothing Pro-Life about Anti-Abortionists.
