?The continuing high incidence of unsafe abortion in developing countries represents a public health crisis and a human rights atrocity,? Fredrick wrote.
The number of worldwide abortions has dipped from about 46 million in 1995 to just under 42 million in 2003. But there was no change in the rate of unsafe abortions; nearly half the procedures are still performed illegally in potentially dangerous conditions.
?The only way to decrease unsafe abortion is to increase contraception,? said Sharon Camp,
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The vast majority of abortions ? 35 million ? were in the developing world. And nearly 97 percent of all unsafe abortions were in poor countries. Worldwide, one in five pregnancies ends in abortion.
The study defined unsafe abortions as those performed either by people lacking the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimum medical standards.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21255186/?GT1=10533I wonder about these studys sometimes.
