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  • Adding It Up
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  • Guttmacher-Lancet Commission
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  1. Adolescents are in urgent need of improved sexual and reproductive health care in low- and middle-income countries
    July 2020 Infographic

    Les adolescentes ont un besoin urgent de meilleurs soins de santé sexuelle et reproductive dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

  2. Why invest in sexual and reproductive health?
    July 2020 Infographic

    Pourquoi investir dans la santé sexuelle et reproductive?

  3. July 2020 News Release

    Provision of Essential Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Would Reduce Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortions and Maternal Deaths by About Two-Thirds

  4. Greater investment in sexual and reproductive health care is urgently needed in low- and middle-income countries
    July 2020 Infographic

    Se necesita urgentemente una mayor inversión en servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva en países de ingreso bajo y mediano

  5. Striking gains in adolescent health are within reach
    July 2020 Infographic

    Striking gains in adolescent health are within reach

  6. Greater investment in sexual and reproductive health care is urgently needed in low- and middle-income countries
    July 2020 Infographic

    Un plus grand investissement dans les soins de santé sexuelle et reproductive doit être consenti de toute urgence dans les pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire

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Generally speaking, abortion rates are similar in countries where abortion is broadly legal and in those where it is restricted– underscoring that women seek abortion when experiencing unintended pregnancy, regardless of its legal status.

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Jonathan Bearak

Principal Research Scientist

Guttmacher Institute

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