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Abortion in the Developing World (Paperback)
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Abortion in the Developing World (Paperback)
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Twenty million unsafe abortions are performed each year, 90% of
which occur in the developing world. In many countries, abortion is
still illegal; in others a variety of cultural barriers force women
to seek out underground abortions. Even in countries, such as
China, where abortion is fully accessible in practice as well as in
theory, our understanding of the phenomenon is very partial. In
discussing issues that are of the utmost important for
understanding abortion, this book furthers our knowledge of this
one of the most important elements of reproductive health. The
result of a global research project, commissioned by the World
Health Organization, the book provides new information on abortion,
vital for both policy debate and strategies for intervention. The
contributors explain the extent of abortion, why it happens and
what happens when it does. A section on women's perspectives
explains how women across the world feel when they find they must
abort, the processes by which they go about it, how the underground
networks operate and the obstacles these women must face. The book
addresses providers? views on abortion, highlighting how their
personal values and opinions influence the total experience that
women undergo. Several contributions discuss the relationship
between contraception and abortion while a section on adolescents
addresses a newly emerging concern for programme managers around
the world. With more information that has ever been previously
available, this book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date
picture of abortion globally; it also demonstrates that true
reproductive freedom comes only with women's empowerment and with
an acceptable quality of health care. It will be necessary reading
for students and academics of women's studies and population
studies, as well as for practitioners in the health sector.
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