Incidence of repeated legal abortion.

Legal abortion worldwide: incidence and recent trends.

CONTEXT Information on abortion levels and trends can inform research and policies affecting maternal and reproductive health, but the incidence of legal abortion has not been assessed in nearly a decade. METHODS Statistics on legal abortions in 2003 were compiled for 60 countries in which the procedure is broadly legal, and trends were assessed where possible. Data sources included published...

Legal Abortion?

Legal Aspects of Abortion

Take the work entitled Medical Ethics, published in 1957 under the editorship of Dr. Maurice Davidson. The chapter on abortion is contributed by Dr. F. W. Roques, and the exposition of the law by this eminent obstetric surgeon is truly astonishingDr. Roques sets out the provision in the Act of 1861 which makes the procurement of abortion a felony, and states: "It must be clearly understood that...

Twenty one years of legal abortion.

The effects of the 1967 Abortion Act, legislation which extends to women living in England, Wales, and Scotland, are reviewed. The Act was not backed by any specific allocation of money for facilities or staff within the National Health Service and the service provided has varied from district to district. Yet, the number of abortions increased rapidly in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This...

Denial of abortion in legal settings

BACKGROUND Factors such as poverty, stigma, lack of knowledge about the legal status of abortion, and geographical distance from a provider may prevent women from accessing safe abortion services, even where abortion is legal. Data on the consequences of abortion denial outside of the US, however, are scarce. METHODS In this article we present data from studies among women seeking legal abort...