Pro-Abortion Group’s Report Says Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 Women a Year

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
By David Crary, Associated Press

New York (AP) - Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.

More than half the deaths, about 38,000, are in sub-Saharan Africa, which was singled out as the region with by far the lowest rates of contraceptive use and the highest rates of unintended pregnancies.
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