Around the world, the number of interruptions of pregnancy is estimated to 42 millions per year, which is equivalent to an average rate of 29 per 1000 women aged from 15 to 44 years. About 20 millions of these interventions are done illegally in countries where abortion is either totally forbidden or subject to very constraining laws.
Women are in this kind of situation often confronted to lamentable conditions which can lead to grave consequences for their health. About 70 000 women die every year of complications of botched clandestine abortions.
According to World Health Organization (WHO):
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19 million women experience an unsafe abortion worldwide each year; 18.5 million of these occur in developing countries: Africa (4.2 million), Asia (10.5 million), Latin America & the Caribbean (3.8 million)
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59 % of all unsafe abortions in Africa are among young women aged 15-24 years
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68 000 women die from complications of unsafe abortion each year – all in developing countries: Africa (30 000), Asia (34 000), Latin America & the Caribbean (4000)
Abortion Laws Around the World – Source: Wikipedia
For more details about abortion policies around the world, have a look at the United Nations’ Global Review.
