Abortion

Abortion is the ending of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion" and occurs in approximately 30% to 40% of pregnancies. When deliberate steps are taken to end a pregnancy, it is called an induced abortion, or less frequently "induced miscarriage". The unmodified word abortion generally refers to an induced abortion.When properly done, abortion is one of the safest procedures in medicine,:1 :1 but unsafe abortion is a major cause of maternal death, especially in the developing world. Making safe abortion legal …

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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023

This report has been published by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in April 2023. This edition of the yearly publication, the first of which was released in the year 1978, …

contraception correlate with more barriers to abortion and post-abortion care. This suggests that, while fertility 8 0 4 8 12 16 Average restrictions to abortion and post-abortion care Average restrictions to maternity


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 March 2023 English

This report – the 24th edition of the Women & Men in India reports – was published in March 2023 by the Social Statistics Division at the National Statistical Office …

and following pregnancy and childbirth or abortion. Maternal mortality is considered as a key health


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2023 English

UN Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs published this report in 2023. It analyses progress on gender equality across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a …

in health-care facilities, the legalization of abortion and expanded access to midwives in remote areas quality maternal health care, and safe and legal abortion services. TRACK, ALLOCATE AND SPEND PUBLIC RESOURCES


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 July 2022 English

Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …

remaining 5 percent terminated in foetal wastage (abortion, miscarriage, or stillbirth). Miscarriage is remaining 5 percent terminated in foetal wastage (abortion, miscarriage, or stillbirth). Miscarriage is


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 March 2022 English

This report was published on March 30, 2022, by Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network, a coalition of Dalit activists from across India, in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences, …

tell Bajrang about it. He forced her to get an abortion with the help of his uncle. It was then that


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 2 March 2022 English

overview followed by three chapters: Views on women’s place in society (Chapter 1); Son preference and abortion (Chapter 2); and Gender roles in the family (Chapter 3). It also contains a note on the methodology

women’s place in society 30 2. Son preference and abortion 44 3. Gender roles in the family 53 Methodology recent decades have contributed to the selective abortion of female fetuses across India, despite the illegality be narrowing.1 Many Indians see sex-selective abortion as acceptable in at least some circumstances: family,” a euphemism to connote sex-selective abortion.2 A similar share (42%) says balancing the number in India to ask about opinions of sex-selective abortion. Because the practice is illegal, researchers


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 2022 English

preschool education, access to toilet facilities, death registration, and methods and reasons for abortion. The fieldwork for this nation-wide report was conducted in two phases. The first phase – covering


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2022 English

Published in 2022, this report analyses the progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 goals intended to decrease inequality across the world. The report specifically focusses on …

extreme poverty by 2030 than do today. Unsafe abortion is a leading but preventable cause of maternal restrictions on access to safe abortion. 102 million live in places where abortion is prohibited altogether restrictions, including the criminalization of abortion, continue to compound the challenges women face areas with some restriction on access to safe abortion. Striking shortfalls remain in sexual and reproductive average of 42 births per 1,000. Access to SAFE ABORTION remains out of reach. Globally, over 1.2 billion


IAP: Iqbal Academy Pakistan · 1 January 2022 Urdu

Khalid Iqbal Yasir,Jadeed Tehrikat aur Iqbal(Lahore: Iqbal Academy Pakistan, 2022), p. 519.

must recite, spells to obtain children, to avoid abortion, to prolong life, to ward off evil, to sleep,


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 December 2021 English

Since 1992, the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, has conducted the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The NFHS …

remaining 10 percent terminated in foetal wastage (abortion, miscarriage, or stillbirth). Miscarriage is percent. The two main reasons for seeking abortion reported by women were health did not permit (31%) of women reporting an abortion reported having complications from the abortion. Most abortions (80%) remaining 10 percent terminated in foetal wastage (abortion, miscarriage, or stillbirth). Miscarriage is percent. The two main reasons for seeking abortion reported by women were health did not permit (31%)


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