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Fact sheets

Facts on Induced Abortion in Pakistan [PDF] November 2009

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Facts on Abortion in Kenya [PDF] November 2009

Facts on Induced Abortion in Mexico [PDF] October 2008

Facts on Unwanted Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Nigeria [PDF] June 2006

"In Brief"

Abortion in Pakistan [PDF] November 2009

Reducing Unsafe Abortion in Nigeria [PDF] November 2008

Unsafe Abortion in Kenya [PDF] November 2008

Abortion in Indonesia [PDF] October 2008

Reducing Unintended Pregnancy in Nigeria [PDF] September 2005

Reducing Unintended Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion in Uganda [PDF] March 2005

Improving Reproductive Health in the Philippines [PDF] May 2003

Highlighted research articles

Estimates of Induced Abortion in Mexico: What's Changed Between 1990 and 2006  [PDF version]
Fatima Juarez, Susheela Singh, Sandra G. Garcia and Claudia Diaz Olavarrieta
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2008

Severity and Cost of Unsafe Abortion Complications Treated in Nigerian Hospitals  [PDF version]
Stanley K. Henshaw, Isaac Adewole, Susheela Singh, Akinrinola Bankole, Boniface Oye-Adeniran and Rubina Hussain
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2008

Induced Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy in Guatemala
Susheela Singh, Elena Prada and Edgar Kestler
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 32, Issue 3, September 2006

The Incidence of Induced Abortion in Uganda  [PDF version]
Susheela Singh, Elena Prada, Florence Mirembe and Charles Kiggundu
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 4, December 2005

The Incidence of Induced Abortion in the Philippines: Current Level and Recent Trends  [PDF version]
Fatima Juarez, Josefina Cabigon, Susheela Singh and Rubina Hussain
International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2005

Reports

Abortion Morbidity in Uganda: Evidence from Two Communities [PDF] December 2006
Gabriel Jagwe-Wadda, Ann M. Moore, Vanessa Woog

Embarazo no planeado y aborto inseguro en Guatemala: Causas y Consecuencias [PDF] December 2006

Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Uganda: Causes and Consequences [PDF] November 2006
Susheela Singh, Ann M. Moore, Akinrinola Bankole, Florence Mirembe, Deirdre Wulf and Elena Prada

Morbilidad por aborto en Guatemala: Una visión de la comunidad [PDF] November 2006
Sandra Sáenz de Tejada, Elena Prada y Gonzalo Ball

Unintended Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in the Philippines: Causes and Consequences [PDF] August 2006
Susheela Singh, Fatima Juarez, Josefina Cabigon, Haley Ball, Rubina Hussain and Jennifer Nadeau

Unwanted Pregnancy and Induced Abortion in Nigeria: Causes and Consequences [PDF] August 2006
Akinrinola Bankole, Boniface A. Oye-Adeniran, Susheela Singh, Isaac F. Adewole, Deirdre Wulf, Gilda Sedgh and Rubina Hussain

Abortion and Postabortion Care in Guatemala: A Report from Health Care Professionals and Health Facilities [PDF] December 2005
Elena Prada, Edgar Kestler, Caroline Sten, Lindsay Dauphinee, and Lilian Ramírez

Abortion and Postabortion Care in Uganda: A Report from Health Care Professionals and Health Facilities [PDF] May 2005
Elena Prada, Florence Mirembe, Fatima H. Ahmed, Rose Nalwadda and Charles Kiggundu

 

Consortium for Research On Unsafe Abortion in Africa tools for researchers focused on Africa

 

Top Resources on Abortion

An Overview of Abortion Laws [PDF] (Updated Monthly)

Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide [PDF version] (October 2009)

An Overview of Abortion in the United States Slide presentation showing the current status of abortion in the U.S. (October 2009)

Trends in the Characteristics of Women Obtaining Abortions, 1974–2004 (with supplementary tables) [PDF] ( September 2008)

Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States [PDF version] Fact sheet containing the most up-to-date research and policy information (July 2008)

State Facts About Abortion State-level fact sheets (January 2008)

Sharing Responsibility: Women, Society and Abortion Worldwide [PDF] Report on unplanned pregnancy and abortion around the world (June 1999)

 
 

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