Unsafe abortion
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An unsafe abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by people lacking the necessary skills, or in an environment lacking minimal medical standards, or both.[1] An unsafe abortion is a life-threatening procedure. It includes self-induced abortions, abortions in unhygienic conditions, and abortions performed by a medical practitioner who does not provide appropriate post-abortion attention.[2] About 25 million unsafe abortions occur a year, of which most occur in the developing world.[3]
Unsafe abortions result in complications for about 7 million women a year.[3] Unsafe abortions are also one of the leading causes of deaths during pregnancy and childbirth (about 5ā13% of all deaths during this period).[3] Most unsafe abortions occur where modern birth control is unavailable,[4] or in developing countries where affordable and well-trained medical practitioners are not readily available,[5][6] or where abortion is illegal,[7] with the more restrictive the law, the higher the rates of death and other complications.[8]