Latin America, home to the world’s
strictest abortion laws, may hold lessons for U.S. Republican
presidential hopefuls who advocate a ban on the practice.
A consequence of the laws, whatever the moral arguments, is that Latin American women have more “unsafe” abortions per capita than women in any other region, according to the World Health Organization. An estimated 900 women died in 2008 from unsafe abortions in Central and South America, says a 2008 WHO report. The actual number may be higher because not all illegal abortions are reported, the study says. Full Read
A consequence of the laws, whatever the moral arguments, is that Latin American women have more “unsafe” abortions per capita than women in any other region, according to the World Health Organization. An estimated 900 women died in 2008 from unsafe abortions in Central and South America, says a 2008 WHO report. The actual number may be higher because not all illegal abortions are reported, the study says. Full Read
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