Abortion worldwide : a decade of uneven progress
- New YorkUS Guttmacher Institute 2009
- 64 p.
Assesses progress over the past decade regarding the legality, safety and accessibility of abortion services worldwide. Summarizes developments in policy and documents recent trends in abortion incidence, with a focus on unsafe abortion. Examines the relationship between unintended pregnancy, contraception and abortion, placing abortion within the broader context of women's reproductive lives.