Open AccessLegal Abortion Worldwide: Incidence and Recent Trends
Author(s) -
Gilda Sedgh,
Stanley K. Henshaw,
Susheela Singh,
Akinrinola Bankole,
Joanna Drescher
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international family planning perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-4154
pISSN - 0190-3187
DOI - 10.1363/3310607
Subject(s) - abortion , demography , population , abortion law , china , family planning , developed country , geography , birth rate , developing country , incidence (geometry) , medicine , socioeconomics , economic growth , political science , fertility , pregnancy , research methodology , law , sociology , economics , genetics , biology , physics , optics
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.