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October 15, 2007
Abortion rates the same whether procedure is legal or not
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization shows that abortion rates are similar in different countries whether the procedure is legal or not. Of course, what wasn't similar was the risk to women's health.
The study indicated that about 20 million abortions that would be considered unsafe are performed each year and that 67,000 women die as a result of complications from those abortions, most in countries where abortion is illegal.
Moral of the story? Safe, legal abortion is the best bet. Always.
Posted by Jessica at October 15, 2007 9:28 AM