Unsafe Abortion in Zambia

Author(s)

Ndonyo Likwa
,
Ann Biddlecom
and

In Zambia, because safe, legal abortion is inaccessible to many women, an unknown number of women each year resort to illegal abortions, many of which are performed under unsanitary and unsafe conditions. The death toll from these procedures is likely high, and almost all such deaths could be avoided if access to safe abortion were improved and unintended pregnancies were prevented.

Reproductive rights are under attack. Will you help us fight back with facts?

*The drugs misoprostol and mifepristone
safely terminate pregnancy, but neither
is currently registered in Zambia for
this purpose.