Induced abortion is one of the most performed medical interventions in the world. Research has shown that where abortion is illegal, it is primarily women without financial means or information who take recourse to unsafe abortion methods which is the leading cause of maternal mortality. Every 9 minutes a woman dies needlessly as a result of an unsafe illegal abortion. Out of every 100 women that do medical abortions, 2 or 3 women have to go to a doctor to receive further medical care. Furthermore, less than 1 in every 500,000 women who have a medical abortion die, making medical abortions safer than childbirth and naturally occurring miscarriages.

Source: Standard Digital April 30, 2017 07:07 UTC