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Vibeke, R. (2011, July). //Unsafe abortion and postabortion care - an overview//. Retrieved August 15, 2012, from ESBSCOhost.


 * 1) Over forty percent of women in the world live in countries where they do not have access to abortion services.
 * 2) Due to this, these women must go to dangerous and illegal means to end their pregnancies.
 * 3) In Sub-Saharan Africa, the unsafe abortion rate is eighteen to thirty-nine per one thousand women.
 * 4) Ways to induce abortion in these countries include somewhat modern ways to traditional witch doctor methods.
 * 5) Every year, 66,500 women die due to unsafe abortions.
 * 6) Among women of reproductive age throughout the world, maternal mortality is what causes the most death.
 * 7) Maternal death rates dropped from 525000 in 1980 to 343000 in 2008.
 * 8) Of all of the causes of death of these women, deaths related to abortion are prevalent, but are preventable.
 * 9) The definition of unsafe abortion is as follows: the termination of an unwanted fetus without skills or living in an area that does not meet the minimum medical requirements.
 * 10) Worldwide, thirteen percent of all maternal deaths are caused by unsafe abortion.
 * 11) As of 2009, thirty-nine percent of all countries had no restrictions on abortion.
 * 12) Twenty-six percent of nations prohibited abortion or only used it to save the life of the mother.
 * 13) In twenty-one percent of countries, abortions were restricted based on the socioeconomic status of the potential recipients.
 * 14) In 2009, ten percent of countries allowed abortion only to preserve physical health.
 * 15) Four percent of nations allowed abortion only to preserve the mother's mental health.