Abortion policies around the world and in Turkey and its reflection on women’s health

Approximately 46 million women experience abortion all around the world every year and about 22 million of those being done in precarious conditions. 13 % of the maternal mortality is associated with unsafe abortion practices. Every year near 5 million women are hospitalized because of unsafe aborti...

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Published inInternational journal of human sciences Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 1651 - 1665
Main Author Aba, Yılda Arzu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Turkish
Published J-Human Sciences 18.03.2016
Subjects
Arkeoloji
Felsefe & Psikoloji & Sosyoloji
Mimarlık ve Tasarım
Siyasal Bilimler
Turizm
Türkiye
Sakarya
Discretionary
Policies
Woman Health
Voluntary Abortion
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Summary:Approximately 46 million women experience abortion all around the world every year and about 22 million of those being done in precarious conditions. 13 % of the maternal mortality is associated with unsafe abortion practices. Every year near 5 million women are hospitalized because of unsafe abortion. The cost for treatment of the complications related to unsafe abortion is estimated to be 680 million dollars annually. Two third of the maternal mortality occurs in African countries and when these rates are thoroughly analysed it can be seen that African and Asian countries’ law limit abortion practices. In the developed countries where discretionary abortion is not legally limited, maternal mortality rates stay under 1 %, on the other hand, abortion limited/banned countries show the highest rates.
ISSN:1303-5134
2458-9489
1303-5134
DOI:10.14687/ijhs.v13i1.3580