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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
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  • Abortion Worldwide
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Global Abortion

Cost

The costs of treating medical complications from unsafe abortion constitute a significant financial burden for developing countries’ public health care systems. The Guttmacher Institute estimates the health, social and economic consequences of unsafe abortion and quantifies these costs at the national, regional and global levels.

  • Legality and Safety
  • Cost
  • Fact Sheet

    The Individual- and Household-Level Cost of Unsafe Abortion in Uganda

Top Facts & Statistics

  • $1.7B

    estimated total cost of postabortion care in LMICs
  • $562M

    estimated annual cost of fully meeting the need for postabortion care in developing countries
  • $1.00

    the annual per capita cost to meet the need for essential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services

Resources

  • Why invest in sexual and reproductive health?
    July 2020 Infographic

    Pourquoi investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive?

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    • Abortion
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  • June 2020 Research Article

    Budgeting for comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights under universal health coverage

    Naomi Lince-Deroche, Elizabeth A. Sully, Lauren Firestein and Taylor Riley,Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

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    • Abortion
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  • April 2020 Research Article

    Estimations de l’impact potentiel de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

    Taylor Riley, Elizabeth A. Sully, Zara Ahmed and Ann Biddlecom,International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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    • Abortion
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  • April 2020 Research Article

    Estimations de l’impact potentiel de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

    Taylor Riley, Elizabeth A. Sully, Zara Ahmed and Ann Biddlecom,International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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    • Abortion
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  • April 2020 Research Article

    Estimations de l’impact potentiel de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

    Taylor Riley, Elizabeth A. Sully, Zara Ahmed and Ann Biddlecom,International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • Adding it Up Pakistan image: world map with country of Pakistan highlighted and the words, "Adding it Up Pakistan"
    September 2019 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health in Pakistan

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  • Adding it Up Pakistan image: world map with country of Pakistan highlighted and the words, "Adding it Up Pakistan"
    September 2019 Report

    Adding It Up: Costs and Benefits of Meeting the Contraceptive and Maternal and Newborn Health Needs of Women in Pakistan

    Aparna Sundaram, Rubina Hussain, Zeba A. Sathar, Sabahat Hussain, Emma Pliskin and Eva Weissman

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  • December 2017 Fact Sheet

    Vue d’ensemble: Investir dans la contraception et la santé maternelle et néonatale, 2017

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  • December 2017 Fact Sheet

    Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health, 2017

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  • December 2017 Fact Sheet

    Haciendo cuentas: Invertir en anticoncepción y salud materna y neonatal, 2017

    Global

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In low and middle-income countries, the poorest women typically are at greatest risk of experiencing serious complications from unsafe abortion. They are least likely to have access to high-quality family planning services, safe abortion procedures and postabortion care when they need treatment for complications.

Susheela Singh

Distinguished Scholar and Vice President for Global Science and Policy Integration

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