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  • Roe v. Wade in Peril
  • COVID-19 impact
  • Reproductive Health Impact Study
  • Adding It Up
  • Abortion Worldwide
  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
  • U.S. policy resources
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  • International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
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  • Abortion
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  • Teens

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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
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  • 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
  • $3.00

    reduction in cost of maternal, newborn and abortion care for every $1 spent on contraceptive services beyond the current level
  • $10.60

    the annual per-person cost in LMICs to meet the need for essential sexual and reproductive health services

Resources

  • September 2015 Report

    Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Indicators for the SDGs

    Sneha Barot, Susan A. Cohen, Jacqueline E. Darroch, Alanna J. Galati, Chelsea Polis, Ann M. Starrs and Susheela Singh

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
    • Teens
  • September 2015 Research Article

    Incidence of Induced Abortion and Post-Abortion Care in Tanzania

    Sarah Keogh, Jesse Philbin and Akinrinola Bankole,PLOS ONE

    Global

    • Abortion
  • January 2014 Fact Sheet

    Abortion in Burkina Faso

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    • Abortion
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  • January 2014 Fact Sheet

    Avortement au Burkina Faso

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    • Abortion
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  • February 2013 News Release

    In Uganda, Slow Pace in Scaling Up Access to Reproductive Health Care Services Costing Thousands of Lives and Billions of Shillings

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    • Abortion
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  • February 2013 Report

    Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Uganda

    Rubina Hussain

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  • January 2013 Report

    Unsafe Abortion in Tanzania: A Review of the Evidence

    Vanessa Woog

    Global

    • Abortion
    • Contraception
    • HIV & STIs
    • Pregnancy
  • September 2012 Research Article

    The health system cost of postabortion care in Ethiopia

    Susheela Singh and Michael Vlassoff,International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

    Global

    • Abortion
  • September 2012 Report

    Menstrual Regulation and Postabortion Care in Bangladesh: Factors Associated with Access to and Quality of Services

    Michael Vlassoff, Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Susheela Singh and Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan

    Global

    • Abortion
  • June 2012 News Release

    New Study Finds Little Progress in Meeting Demand for Contraception in the Developing World

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By saving lives and improving women’s health and well-being, sexual and reproductive health care benefits individuals and families and contributes to countries’ social and economic development. Such care would also enable people to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights.

Ann Biddlecom

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